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Meaning of "high-keyed" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HIGH-KEYED

high-keyed play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HIGH-KEYED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
High-Keyed is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HIGH-KEYED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of high-keyed in the English dictionary

The first definition of high-keyed in the dictionary is having a high pitch; shrill. Other definition of high-keyed is highly strung. High-Keyed is also bright in colour.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HIGH-KEYED

high-hat
high-hatted
high-hatting
high-heeled
high-heeled shoes
high-impact
high-income
high-interest
high-jump
high-key
high-level
high-level language
high-level waste
high-maintenance
high-minded
high-mindedly
high-mindedness
high-muck-a-muck
high-necked
high-octane

WORDS THAT END LIKE HIGH-KEYED

bleary-eyed
blue-eyed
bright-eyed
bug-eyed
clear-eyed
cockeyed
cross-eyed
eagle-eyed
eyed
green-eyed
hackneyed
honeyed
low-keyed
misty-eyed
one-eyed
red-eyed
sad-eyed
sharp-eyed
starry-eyed
wide-eyed

Synonyms and antonyms of high-keyed in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «high-keyed» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HIGH-KEYED

Find out the translation of high-keyed to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of high-keyed from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «high-keyed» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

高键控
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

- alta enchavetado
570 millions of speakers

English

high-keyed
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उच्च बंद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عالية مرتبطا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

высокого ключом
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

alto -fechada
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উচ্চ অস্থির
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

haute assortie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

High-keyed
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hoch verkeilt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ハイキー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

높은 키가
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dhuwur-keyed
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cao - keyed
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உயர் இயங்கக்கூடிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कमाल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yüksek anahtarlı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

- alta digitato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wysokiego nadwozia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

високого ключем
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de mare tulburat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υψηλής πληκτρολογηθεί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hoë ingesleutel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hög knappat
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

high- tastet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of high-keyed

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HIGH-KEYED»

The term «high-keyed» is used very little and occupies the 187.214 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HIGH-KEYED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «high-keyed» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «high-keyed» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about high-keyed

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HIGH-KEYED»

Discover the use of high-keyed in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to high-keyed and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Figure Painting in Oil
Learning to Use "High-Keyed" Colors You'll need the following materials for this project: 16" x 20" canvas Numbers 4 and 12 round bristle brushes Numbers 4 and 6 filbert bristle brushes small painting knife titanium white yellow ochre ...
Douglas R. Graves, 1973
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The Keyed Bugle
As late as 1 86 1 , the Wakefield Foresters used such a high keyed bugle in a Crystal Palace Contest Concert. There appear to be no records of ensembles made exclusively of keyed instruments in England, even in small ensembles such as ...
Ralph Thomas Dudgeon, 2004
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The American Annual of Photography
CARBON AND CARBRO FOR PORTRAITURE By PAUL L. ANDERSON T should be understood at the outset that carbon and its closely related form, carbro, are not the ideal mediums when a high-keyed result is desired, or when a pure matt ...
‎1922
4
Complete Poems
Toward the high-keyed intermittent squeak of broken carriage-springs, made by the three similar, meek- coated bird's-eye freckled forms she comes; and when from the beak of one, the still living beetle has dropped out, she picks it up and ...
Marianne Moore, 1994
5
Teach Yourself VISUALLY Drawing
See portraits high-keyed drawing, 105, 108. See also keyed drawing high-relief sculpture, cast drawing after, 189 horizon lines defined, 74, 278 foreshortening, 240–241 landscapes, 268–269 one-point perspective, 74, 76–78, 82 two-point ...
Dean Fisher, Josephine Robinson, 2008
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Activity Groups in Family-Centered Treatment: Psychiatric ...
®high-keyed,. animated, heated, and confrontational ̄ while the interactional style of persons of a white, middle class background has been characterized as. ®detached,. objective, and nonchallenging ̄ (Sue &Sue, 1990,p.64). The parents ...
Laurette Olson, 2014
7
The Substitute Guest
high-keyed,. raucous. voices,. which. sometimes. on. the. telephone broadcast themselves more widely than they intend. Every syllable uttered could be clearly heard in the guest room by the guest who was working so frantically to array ...
Grace Livingston Hill, 2013
8
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia: a work of universal ...
With a high-keyed, acute mind, she could not help listening and thinking; and such thinking is unfortunate, to say the least. H. B. Stowe, Oldtown, p. 216. 2. In music, at a high pitch, highland (hl'land), n. and a. [Sc. hieland; = D. hoogland = G .
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, 1906
9
Majestic Hollywood: The Greatest Films of 1939
Of . Of course due allowance must be made for the fact that it is pretty high keyed at course due allowance must be made for the fact that it is pretty high keyed at times, in the playing and it evoked laughter and other distracting outbursts from ...
Mark A. Vieira, 2013
10
Discursive Acts: Language, Signs, and Selves (Revised Second ...
... because the termination is high-keyed and prominent. The answer can be either yes or no, either high- or low-keyed. We see here the choices a speaker can exercise: offering the questions as a plea, a simple request, or an importuning.
Robert S. Perinbanayagam, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HIGH-KEYED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term high-keyed is used in the context of the following news items.
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New York Times Publishes First-Ever, Art-Themed Issue of Sunday …
... and the American painter Lisa Yuskavage, whose own invented characters are as high-keyed in color as Yiadom-Boakye's are subdued. «Culture Type, Jun 15»
2
When the Washington Color School earned its stripes on the …
... paint into raw cotton canvas and using hard-edged, geometric forms such as stripes, circles, dots and chevrons to carry high-keyed color. «Washington Post, Jun 15»
3
The Prettiest Irises And Roses Are In NYC. Visit The Metropolitan!
... follows the arc of the artist's evolving sensibility as a colorist, advancing from the strident high-keyed palette he favored in Arles to the subtler, ... «Yareah Magazine, Jun 15»
4
Seeing the blossoming of van Gogh in Clark show
Apart from his dazzlingly high-keyed color, Monet's fidelity to nature must have impressed van Gogh at a time when many avant-garde artists ... «Boston Globe, Jun 15»
5
Vincent Van Gogh Departs the Asylum With Irises and Roses
... varied for different expressive effects—the series follows the arc of the artist's evolving sensibility as a colorist, advancing from the high-keyed ... «Newsweek, May 15»
6
Robert Amos: Victoria has artist On Top of the World
She always cranks her colours up from earth tones and mist to the high-keyed cotton-candy palette she is known for. When she lived in ... «Times Colonist, May 15»
7
Van Gogh's 'IRISES AND ROSES' Reunite in Met Exhibition …
... follows the arc of the artist's evolving sensibility as a colorist, advancing from the strident high-keyed palette he favored in Arles to the subtler, ... «Broadway World, May 15»
8
The Met Museum Presents VAN GOGH: IRISES AND ROSES, 5/12 …
... follows the arc of the artist's evolving sensibility as a colorist, advancing from the strident high-keyed palette he favored in Arles to the subtler, ... «Broadway World, May 15»
9
film reviews: Big Eyes and '71
The brilliant, high-keyed visual style that makes his best movies so compulsively watchable is back in force. The period is brought to life in ... «The Australian Financial Review, Mar 15»
10
Betty Woodman at David Kordansky Gallery
The casual brushwork and high-keyed palettes of Matisse's domestic interiors come to mind, as do the spatial tweaks of Cezanne's tabletops. «Los Angeles Times, Mar 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. High-Keyed [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/high-keyed>. Apr 2024 ».
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