1 (usually disapproving) having a tendency to become angry, excited or upset easily, and to behave in an unreasonable way:
You never know what to expect with her. She's so temperamental. * (figurative) The printer's being temperamental this morning. * He's a temperamental player (= he plays well or badly according to his mood).
2 connected with sb's nature and personality:
They are firm friends in spite of temperamental differences.
temperamentally adverb:
I'm temperamentally unsuited to this job.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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