1 (of a voice or a musical instrument) not in tune
2 not suitable or correct in a particular situation:
Some of his remarks were very off-key.
off-key adverb:
to sing off-key
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for off-key is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is off-key a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, off-key is tagged as adjective.
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