Definitions
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- noun anthropology The degree to which something is
key to a society - noun computational linguistics The statistical significance of a
keyword 's frequency in a givencorpus , relative to a reference corpus.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Was the low-keyness due to the country's economic situation?
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Typically, language fails when seeking to plumb the depths of Reid's low-keyness.
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Typically, language fails when seeking to plumb the depths of Reid's low-keyness.
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Typically, language fails when seeking to plumb the depths of Reid's low-keyness.
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Typically, language fails when seeking to plumb the depths of Reid's low-keyness.
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Typically, language fails when seeking to plumb the depths of Reid's low-keyness.
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Daniel Kasman, though, it "successfully walks the line between inspiring eroticism and thrills from its situation and prodding snickers out its audience ... the film remains entrenched in its own low-keyness and seems to have little desire to be anything other than successfully amusing."
GreenCine Daily 2009
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Tonight @ The Bremen Café, 9 p.m. Celebrating the inherent low-keyness of Tuesday nights, the Bremen Café has dedicated the day to a weekly event called Geek Night, an informal gathering where patrons play video - and board games.
Express Milwaukee 2009
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my weekend included a lasagna dinner party, watching rear window and fixing up our apartment. was some much needed low-keyness :
Happy Monday 2008
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