high-keyed

[ hahy-keed ]

adjective

1. very nervous or excitable; high-strung.

high-keyed

adjective

1. having a high pitch; shrill
2. highly strung
3. bright in colour

Example Sentences

It was the high-keyed wailing of this same man-child wanting his bottle, but it eluded Bud completely.

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Figure to yourself this eager little chap: high-keyed, timid, fervid: something of a buffoon, always a victim of his perceptions.

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So with high-keyed, feminine laughter and much dust, passed the exploring party from the Rocking R.

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The roar was still steady, high-keyed, relentless.117 A myriad new voices seemed to have joined the screaming tumult.

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I was too busy with my own troubles to see what happened to him, so could only judge from the tremolo of his high-keyed cursing.

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