high-keyed

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high-keyed

adj

1. (Physics / General Physics) having a high pitch; shrill

2. US highly strung

3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) bright in colour

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high-keyed - (of persons) excitable

excitable - easily excited

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His choreography is technically demanding, high-keyed, and sexy.

The electric company: when Koresh Dance Company performs, audiences ... by Seidel, Miriam / Dance Magazine

Shrewdly articulating Pop's affective qualities and its high-keyed response to a roiling American culture, Swenson became a quasi spokesperson for the "movement," going so far as to write signed copy for the announcement of Warhol's historic Brillobox show at Stable Gallery.

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It's an arresting, baroque confection of rich colour, lush musical orchestration, high-keyed performances, purple postdubbed dialogue, and huge dollops of unmistakable Canuck fatalism and alienation.

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