keyed

American  

[keed] / kid /

adjective

1. fitted with keys. key.

2. fastened or secured by a key.

3. Music. pitched in a specific key.

4. reinforced by a keystone.

5. coordinated, as with a basic color or idea; harmonized (sometimes used in combination).

   color-keyed carpeting.

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Other Word Forms

• unkeyed adjective

Etymology

Origin of keyed

First recorded in 1790–1800; key ¹ + -ed ³

Example Sentences

The company appeared to use a mix of derivative contracts, including options, that were keyed off oil prices.

From Barron's

I kept my chin up, but inside I was keyed up and vexed with Anna May myself.

From Literature

These are called “honest” dogs and are keyed to running somehow more than other dogs.

From Literature

After a second, the panel lit up, and he keyed in what had to be a twenty-digit code.

From Literature

Among them are working drawings that prescribe the profile of every block of stone, each keyed to its exact place in the building, whether gable, tracery or buttress.

From The Wall Street Journal