low-key

He never shuts up on the court, but he’s a man of few words off of it, low-key and community-minded and in the top 1% of patient autograph-givers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

You are a couple of low-key individuals who don’t feel the need to buy flashy cars or post on Instagram about expensive vacations to justify your place in the world.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

They expected McLaren to be the team to beat at this track, but the world champions had a low-key first session, with Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris down in 11th and 12th places.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

In 2017, it was more low-key, with the brothers creating a memorial garden for her and visiting the gates of Kensington Palace to look at the flowers placed by members of the public.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

His was a low-key style, the sort certain people can sustain indefinitely.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

“I feel like it’s a whole team, and this couldn’t be done without all the other players,” said Wang, who in typical fashion low-keyed his contributions.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2021

The intellectuals are logical, emotionally low-keyed, fond of debate, creative.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2021

Nevertheless, Harriott’s tone was more low-keyed than the one he’d adopted before the Booker T. game.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 1, 2017

Or maybe it will be Pharrell Williams, who low-keyed his way to scoring a much-coveted singer Monday, a vocalist Levine called “the greatest singer in the show’s history and the most beautiful.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2015

As a conversationalist, he can be low-keyed to the point of dullness: speaking softly in a slow-paced, emotionless voice, he relies heavily on short sentences, long pauses, and an abundance of "ums" and "uhs."

From 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s by Max Millard

"We are low-keying it," Trump told news site Axios by phone Sunday.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

For his part, US President Donald Trump said in an interview: "We are low-keying it."

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

If the latter is true, then Mr. Trump’s Sunday remark that “we are low-keying it” may be more sensible than his usual military bluster.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

“We are low-keying it with Iran,” he told a reporter with Axios in a phone call on Sunday, meaning that he’s just waiting for Iran to collapse.

From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026

But is this John holding his cards close to the vest or is Glover merely low-keying his way through this performance, as he's done in other shows?

From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2024