low-key
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌlow-ˈkey adjective UNIMPORTANTnot intended to attract a lot of attention to an event, subject, or thing 低调的 They want the funeral to be as low-key as possible. 他们希望葬礼办得尽量低调。 a low-key military operation 一次低调的军事行动
Examples from the Corpus
low-key• On the first day of the blockade, policing was low-key.• But the campaigns have been very amateurish and low-key and many of the younger people are not interested.• This year's campaign was low-key and quiet.• a low-key approach to management• Such a low-key comment is not what is required by the popular press at the conclusion of a traumatic trial.• In the war against Microsoft, it was a low-key day.• They're low-key, fun and there's no pressure to pair anyone off.• He had an appealing, low-key manner.• He is rueful, polite, mildly disappointed, and afflicted by a low-key melancholy.• It was to hold up any new organizing at all, even on a quiet, low-key scale.ˌlow-ˈkey adjectiveChineseSyllable
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low-key
ˌlow-ˈkey
adjective
not intended to attract a lot of attention to an event, subject, or thing:
They want the funeral to be as low-key as possible.
a low-key military operation
ˌlow-ˈkey
adjectivenot intended to attract a lot of attention to an event, subject, or thing: