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What does low-key mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word low-key? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Restrained, subtle, not trying to attract attention.
  2. (photography) Dark, with little or no fill light and high lighting ratio.
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During the communist era, Christmas in Budapest was a low-key affair, often celebrated clandestinely.
Burley preached possession but his low-key, modest personality encouraged supporters to give others the credit.
The most worrying aspect of the problem is the police's low-key approach to bringing offenders to book.
Instead it can offer a relaxed and low-key environment that feels like it isn't trying too hard.
Low-intensity warfare of this kind does not bring quick results and much of the work is low-key, repetitive and painstaking.
On the contrary, it was clear that they enjoyed a modest, low-key life-style.

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