highly-keyed

Updated: May 11, 2025

Besides these creature comforts and financial gains, there are the intangibles. Chief of these is that indescribable something, country peace. All the family responds to it. It is impossible to maintain the highly-keyed, nervous tension that characterizes city life when the domestic scene is surrounded by open fields or an occasional bit of woodland.

Renee Richmond Huntley Ormsbee - If You're Going to Live in the Country