off-key
See also: offkey
English edit
Adjective edit
off-key (comparative more off-key, superlative most off-key)
- (music) Pitched inaccurately either above or below the correct note.
- Synonym: out of tune
- (by extension) Not harmonious, or out of accord.
Adverb edit
off-key (comparative more off-key, superlative most off-key)
- With inaccurate pitch.
- 1937, “They Can't Take That Away from Me”, Ira Gershwin (lyrics), George Gershwin (music):
- The way your smile just beams / The way you sing off-key / The way you haunt my dreams / No, no—they can't take that away from me