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Antonyms for keynotes

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kee-noht
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkiˌnoʊt

Definition of keynotes

Origin :
  • also key-note, "lowest note of a musical scale, basis of a scale," 1776, from key (n.1) in sense of "musical scale" + note (n.). Figurative sense of "leading idea" is from 1783; keynote address is 1905, American English.
  • noun essence, theme
  • noun theme
Example sentences :
  • And though he knew it not, he was striking the keynotes of Nature.
  • Extract from : « The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Complete » by George Meredith
  • Indeed the word "lie" is one of the keynotes of these prophecies.
  • Extract from : « Expositor's Bible: The Book of Jeremiah » by William Henry Bennett
  • Voluptuousness, cruelty, and extravagance were the keynotes of the time.
  • Extract from : « Women of Modern France (Illustrated) » by Hugo Paul Thieme (1870-1940)
  • Submission and humility and resignation are the keynotes and mainsprings of Dostoyevsky.
  • Extract from : « An Outline of Russian Literature » by Maurice Baring
  • Poverty and misery were the keynotes here, rather than the evil half-world the drummer had babbled about.
  • Extract from : « Police Your Planet » by Lester del Rey
  • The keynotes are these: No troth, leal love, nor knowledge of God in the land.
  • Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Book of the Twelve Prophets, Vol. I » by George Adam Smith
  • "Accurate Bible Knowledge" and "Character building" were the keynotes of the instruction given at these meetings.
  • Extract from : « The Choctaw Freedmen » by Robert Elliott Flickinger
  • If the author of "Keynotes" had understood her achievement "Discords" would never have been written.
  • Extract from : « Hieroglyphics » by Arthur Machen
  • Lightness and grace are the keynotes in wire work and here they are destroyed by the unwanted additions.
  • Extract from : « Chats on Old Sheffield Plate » by Arthur Hayden
  • On the place, as in the house itself, you get the sense of bigness and simplicity which were the keynotes of the Rhodes character.
  • Extract from : « An African Adventure » by Isaac F. Marcosson

Synonyms for keynotes

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