in a minor key

Meaning

in a minor key

(adjectival) In a restrained manner; on a small or limited scale.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Related terms

minor key in a major key

Examples

When Ronald Reagan was elected I was on a bus traveling with a band in France. I wrote a little arrangement of The Star Spangled Banner in a minor key. Carla Bley

Words in the phrase

in a minor key

Close letter words and terms

in a military sense a scout is a soldier who does duty in hisproper uniform in a military way in a minor degree in a minute in a miserable manner in a moment