subdued
/səbˈdud/ adjDefinition
› (of color or light) not very bright, or (of sound) not very loud: a subdued voice a subdued chalk-stripe suit › A person who is subdued is unusually quiet: Most of the fans were subdued, quietly waiting for the race to start.
(Definition of subdued adj from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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