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even-tempered

[ ee-vuhn-tem-perd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

even-tempered

First recorded in 1870–75

Those were the valuable aspects of womanhood at the time: being pretty and even-tempered and sweet.

However, Tyrion is portrayed as even-tempered and intelligent, an underrated force of his own.

Early arrivals to the Democratic Convention are already framing Obama as the unexcitable, even-tempered choice.

He is even-tempered, generally upbeat, if prone to silence, and highly self-confident.

She was sensible, even-tempered, affectionate, and conscientious.

Usually he was so even-tempered, so indifferent to everything belonging to the exterior world.

He was not a tender man, and yet he prided himself on being a very calm and even-tempered man.

Stoneman dismissed the even-tempered member of the 346 bar, and wired Lynch to return immediately to Piedmont.

E was the most even-tempered man I ever knew: he was always cross.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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