low-key

low-key
adj.
VERBS
be, seem
keep sth

We want to keep the whole affair as low-key as possible.

ADVERB
very

The wedding was a very low-key affair.

fairly, pretty, rather, relatively

We have a fairly low-key approach to discipline.

decidedly
deliberately (esp. BrE)
Low-key is used with these nouns: ↑affair, ↑approach

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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