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Definition of Off-key
1. Adjective. Inaccurate in pitch. "Her singing was off key"
Definition of Off-key
1. Adjective. (music) pitched inaccurately either above or below the correct note ¹
2. Adjective. (context: by extension) not harmonious, or out of accord ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Off-key
Literary usage of Off-key
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1897)
"off Key West, but remains in port until dark to see if other messages arrive.
The " flying squadron " has orders not to leave Key West undefended while the ..."
2. With Sampson Through the War by William Athelstane Meredith Goode, William Thomas Sampson, Robley Dunglison Evans, Chapman C. Todd (1899)
"THE Iowa, fresh from the battle of San Juan, on May 18, arrived at San Key
anchorage, off Key West. She had steamed from the entrance of the Old Bahama ..."
3. Best Dives of the Bahamas & Bermuda, Florida Keys, Turks & Caicos by Joyce Huber (2000)
"Stargazer, the world's largest underwater sculptured reef, sits five miles off
Key West between Sand Key and Rock Key. This magnificent steel wonder, ..."
4. Report of the Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention of the American (1899)
"We were lying off Key West, all very peaceable, but we had plenty of ammunition,
plenty of coal, plenty of food, and we had lots of men, good North American ..."
5. The Letter of Dr. Diego Alvarez Chanca, Dated 1484 by Diego Alvarez Chanca, Augstine Marcus Fernández de Ybarra (1907)
"... also at station 7279, in 98 fathoms ; station 7296, in 122 fathoms; and station
2316, US steamer Albatross, in 50 fathoms, coral, off Key West ..."
6. The American Coast Pilot: Containing Directions for the Principal Harbors by Edmund March Blunt, George William Blunt (1847)
"A floating light is placed off Key Largo, bearing from thf highest land on the
key E- by S., distant 7 miles; from the elbow of Carysfort Reef. ..."
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