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[ awf-kee, of- ] / ˈɔfˈki, ˈɒf- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR off-key ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivedeviating from the correct tone or pitch; out of tune. Informal. somewhat irregular, abnormal, or incongruous. Origin of off-keyFirst recorded in 1925–30 Words nearby off-keyofficious will, offing, offish, off-island, off-islander, off-key, off-kilter, off-label, offlap, off-licence, off-license Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for off-keyThe jibe is off-key too because Wilde himself was hardly immune to the sentimental and even the mawkish. Charles Dickens' Enduring Insights on Human Loss and Suffering|David Frum|February 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST “Bring the drugs baby, I can bring my pain,” The Weeknd sings in his beauteous, soaring voice, backed by off-key sonic beats. Best Music Albums of 2011: The Weeknd, Drake, Britney Spears, and More|Marlow Stern|December 31, 2011|DAILY BEAST "I would've jumped out a window if it were on a higher floor," he says of an off-key information session we sit in on. The Great College Road Trip|Nick Summers|April 8, 2011|DAILY BEAST Many of our performances in these early months after our defeat last November will be off-key and lacking in polish. The Trouble With Operation Rushbo|Nicolle Wallace|March 5, 2009|DAILY BEAST
I knew it was just about time for some kind of an off-key noise from you, you grouchy old leftover. At Good Old Siwash|George Fitch It sounded off-key because it was as off-key as a ten-yard-strip of baldfaced perjury. Highways in Hiding|George Oliver Smith There was a rattle of drums and the blare of one or two off-key instruments from outside. Narakan Rifles, About Face!|Jan Smith A woman played a wheezing organ while a man led the off-key singing. Clue of the Silken Ladder|Mildred A. Wirt The thing in the middle now opened its mouth and made a noise that reminded Full of an off-key clarinet. The Enormous Room|Horace Leonard Gold
British Dictionary definitions for off-key
adjective, adverb (off-key when prenominal)music - not in the correct key
- out of tune
out of keeping; discordant Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to off-keydiscordant, dissonant, abnormal, anomalous, deviant, divergent, flat, inharmonious, irregular, jarring, sour, unnatural, unmusical, clinker, out of keeping, untuned |