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off-key en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. Above or below the correct note sequence; especially a vocalist out of sync with a separately recorded musical accompaniment
  2. (broadly) Not harmonious, or out of accord.

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more off-key Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most off-key Degree=Sup lexicographic

off-key en · ADV

Meanings

  1. Being an inaccurate note sequence that is either above or below where it is intended to be.
    • The way your smile just beams / The way you sing off-key / The way you haunt my dreams / No, no—they can't take that away from me 1937, “They Can't Take That Away from Me”, Ira Gershwin (lyrics), George Gershwin (music):

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more off-key Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most off-key Degree=Sup lexicographic

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