"in a minor key" meaning in All languages combined

See in a minor key on Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} in a minor key, {{en-PP}} in a minor key
  1. (idiomatic) In a restrained manner; on a small or limited scale. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: in a major key, minor key
    Sense id: en-in_a_minor_key-en-prep_phrase-7egWUhqD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prepositional phrase",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "in a minor key",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "in a minor key",
      "name": "en-PP"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In a restrained manner; on a small or limited scale."
      ],
      "id": "en-in_a_minor_key-en-prep_phrase-7egWUhqD",
      "links": [
        [
          "restrained",
          "restrained"
        ],
        [
          "manner",
          "manner"
        ],
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ],
        [
          "limited",
          "limited"
        ],
        [
          "scale",
          "scale"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) In a restrained manner; on a small or limited scale."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "in a major key"
        },
        {
          "word": "minor key"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "in a minor key"
}
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prepositional phrase",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "in a minor key",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "in a minor key",
      "name": "en-PP"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep_phrase",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "in a major key"
    },
    {
      "word": "minor key"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English prepositional phrases",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In a restrained manner; on a small or limited scale."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "restrained",
          "restrained"
        ],
        [
          "manner",
          "manner"
        ],
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ],
        [
          "limited",
          "limited"
        ],
        [
          "scale",
          "scale"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) In a restrained manner; on a small or limited scale."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "in a minor key"
}

Download raw JSONL data for in a minor key meaning in All languages combined (0.8kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (b941637 and 4230888). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.