(art, photography) Characterized by light tones and the absence of a shadow.
Details are tremendously important in composing an outstanding high-key photograph.
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(colloquial, uncommon) In a conspicuous way.
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(chiefly, North America, originally, AAVE, colloquial) Used as an intensifier; really.
I'm highkey pissed at you right now.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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