temperedly

English

Etymology

tempered + -ly

Adverb

temperedly (comparative more temperedly, superlative most temperedly)

  1. In a tempered manner.
    • 1990, Herbert Lomas, Contemporary Finnish Poetry, page 26:
      Lassi Nummi's poetry, taking into itself a great deal of suffering, also seems the work of a temperedly happy human being, one tested by a lot of experience, but nurtured by sustained love []
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