measured
/ˈmɛʒəd
/adjective
1Having a slow, regular rhythm: she set off with measured tread...
- He approached Drake, Quin, and Dale with slow, measured steps.
- The girl stopped to listen and, when no sound met her ears, chose a direction at random and began to take slow, measured steps.
- Nitrus, complying, took slow, measured steps as if it was all a part of a master plan, yet he was shaking inwardly.
Synonyms
regular, steady, even, uniform, rhythmic, rhythmical, unfaltering, constant, sustained, slow, dignified, resolute, stately, sedate, leisurely, unhurried, firm, deliberate, ponderous
1.1(Of speech or writing) carefully considered and restrained: his measured prose...
- But the practicalities of measured judgement and well-timed decisions and deals can, they argue, be learnt and well cultivated.
- When he talks, it is with quiet, carefully measured sentences.
- Her writing and performance are as measured and thoughtful as they are snortingly funny.
Synonyms
guarded, studied, thoughtful, careful, carefully chosen, selected with care, well thought out, calculated, planned, considered, judicious, restrained, deliberate, reasoned
Derivatives
measuredly
- ‘This,’ Raven said, slowly and measuredly, ‘is for my father.’
- Then in another bulletin, the President is aired where he slowly and measuredly states that land reform will take place within the legal framework.
- With all due respect to the biographical enterprise, isn't this an instance where the subject has spoken so measuredly and finally that there is really little more to say?