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well temperedadjective1Having a cheerful or emotionally stable disposition: ‘You’ll find her not so well-tempered as she might seem!’...- Amazingly well-tempered, I can't remember him ever complaining - not about his hour long commute home, nor about our first year assignments designed to whittle down the class.
- She made a male friend, and after six months, she found out that he was knowledgeable, well-tempered, has a masters degree from a famous university and worked as a manager at a foreign capital firm.
- The exercise of the civic virtues makes one just, courageous, well-tempered, etc. - that is, the civic virtues result in a well-ordered and cultivated mind.
2(Of a process or activity) properly regulated, controlled, or moderated: the moral example of their well-tempered lives...- Inviting harmonies and well-tempered innovations in rhythm and accompaniment add to the charm.
- Hartel's research team has come up with a theory to explain how visual fat bloom develops in well-tempered chocolates.
- Even then her work challenged the classical ideal that a well-tempered whole must bind the parts in a structured hierarchy.
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