measured

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: adjective

[onlybeforenoun] slow and careful; controlled: She replied in a measured tone to his threat. * He walked down the corridor with measured steps.

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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

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measuredEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus measuredEnglish›UyghurMain Dictionary measuredEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary

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meaningful meaningless means means test means-tested meant meantime meanwhile measles measly measurable

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