| Subject | English | Russian |
| media. | keep rhetoric low-keyed | сохранять сдержанность риторики (bigmaxus) |
| gen. | live a low-key life | не выделяться (so demoralizing...my whole life ive been trying to come to terms with being just another peon, rather, someone who just wants to live a low key life, do no harm, be good seems just not to be compatible with the overarchingly voracious greed and power grabbing elements of humanity...
whats with you all !?  vancouversun.com ART Vancouver) |
| slang | low key | по секрету (Low key, she's a bitch. Low key, we date. diva808) |
| slang | low key | между нами (Low key, she's a bitch. Low key, we date. diva808) |
| fig. | low-key | не привлекающий к себе внимания (Some families are really flashy and obnoxious about their wealth, they live in glitzy neighbourhoods, but there are even more of those who prefer a low-key lifestyle. – предпочитают не привлекать к себе внимания / вести скромный образ жизни ART Vancouver) |
| fig. | low-key | не выделяющийся (на фоне соседей – предпочитающий жить скромно, не привлекать к себе внимания ART Vancouver) |
| astronaut. | low-key point | нижняя ключевая точка (окончательного расчёта посадки) |
| gen. | low-keyed | приглушённый |
| dipl. | low-keyed approach | осторожный подход |
| gen. | low-keyed critique | приглушённая критика |
| inf. | stay low-key | не светиться (We're trying to to stay low-key Taras) |