Definition of On-key

1. Adjective. In tune; accurate in pitch. "A true note"

Exact synonyms: True
Similar to: Harmonious

Lexicographical Neighbors of On-key

on(p)
on-
on-again, off-again
on-air
on-base percentage
on-base percentages
on-base plus slugging
on-camera
on-campus
on-die
on-duty(a)
on-hand
on-hanger
on-hangers
on-hook
on-key (current term)
on-license
on-line
on-line(a)
on-line database
on-looker
on-message
on-off
on-off phenomenon
on-off switch
on-ramp
on-ramps
on-roader
on-scene
on-screen

Literary usage of On-key

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Year Book by Carnegie Institution of Washington (1920)
"Our first stop was at Scott's place, on Key Largo, about half a mile below ... Our next stop on Key Largo was about halfway between Pumpkin Key and Angel ..."

2. Monitoring and Data Management Strategies for Nuclear Emergencies by Nea, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (2000)
"Working group on key emergency data The Terms of Reference for the Working Group on Key Emergency Data are as follows: 1. Evaluate recent and on-going work ..."

3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1915)
"The present species was found in the heavy "hammock" at Detroit, occasional in weeds beside the railroad on Key Largo and in the prevailing scrub on Long ..."

4. A Nation of Opportunity: Realizing the Promise of the Information Superhighway by Mark Anstey (1996)
"... on Key Areas of American Life and Work Questions of enormous importance surround the deployment and implementation of the Information Superhighway, ..."

5. The Bicentennial Census: New Directions for Methodology in 1990 by Constance F. Citro, Michael L. Cohen (1985)
"EFFECTS OF CENSUS ERROR ON KEY USES: REVIEW OF RESEARCH This section reviews extant research that attempts to measure the impact of errors in the census on ..."

6. The Organ and Its Construction: A Systematic Hand-book for Organists, Organ by Johann Julius Seidel (1852)
"ON KEY-BOARDS IN GENERAL. Every organ has two different rows of keys, called key-boards; the one managed by the hands, ..."

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