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noun Music.
a key or mode based on a minor scale.
a less jubilant or more restrained mood, atmosphere, or quality: The conversation shifted to a minor key with news of the defeat.
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Origin of minor key
First recorded in 1810–20
Words nearby minor key
minoritize,
minority,
minority carrier,
minority group,
minority leader,
minor key,
minor league,
minor-leaguer,
minor mode,
minor order,
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How to use minor key in a sentence
Many of those who have become cops in New York seem to have ceased to address such minor offenses over the past few days.
Getting men to do their share of care and domestic work is a key overlooked strategy in reducing poverty.
A couple of people were treated for minor injuries but no major incidents occurred.
The numbers reinforce another article in the Post, in which cops confessed to “turning a blind eye” to minor crimes.
It starts off like any other Lana tune, replete with minor chords and humming, distorted vocals.
Mr. Jones swung round a large iron key he held in his hand, and light dawned upon him.
Mr. Collingwood, taking the key from his mother, locked the little door in the boarding, after them.
About her neck was hung a covered basket and a door-key; and Davy at once concluded that she was Sindbad's house-keeper.
The girl smiled, and drew out a large key, and nodded, still smiling as she replaced it.
The friends were standing close to the wall; but on these sounds they moved away; and a key presently turned in the door.
British Dictionary definitions for minor key
noun
music a key based on notes taken from a corresponding minor scale
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