Firm and Key

Firm

Firm adjective - Not showing weakness or uncertainty.

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Key and firm are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Key" instead an adjective "Firm".

Nearby Words: firming, firmness, firmly, firmed

Key adjective - Coming before all others in importance.

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Firm and key are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Firm" instead an adjective "Key".

Nearby Words: keyed, keyboard, keying

original	original firm	original key
small	small firm	small key
powerful	powerful firm	powerful key
large	large firm	large key
Other adjectives: big, main, important, private, new, major, extra, aforementioned, eponymous, genetic.

In a roundabout way, Peter (who is straight) acts as a closet key to Riley, though Riley was in firm denial about it for a long time.

Source: Closet Key
Vampirocracy: Harold and Elizabeth Anderson, seemingly two inconsequential potential clients of Leon's PI firm, turn out to being the key to finding out who killed several vampires.

Source: Chekhovs Gunman / Literature
An early episode of Noir had the title characters targeting key members of a 'security firm' that specialized in helping military units set these up.

Source: Military Coup

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