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HIGH-KEYED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does high-keyed mean?
• HIGH-KEYED (adjective)
The adjective HIGH-KEYED has 1 sense:
1. (of persons) excitable
Familiarity information: HIGH-KEYED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of persons) excitable
Similar:
excitable (easily excited)
Context examples
Again the professor burst into high-keyed laughter.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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