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ˌlevel-ˈheaded, a.
[f. level a. 7 b.]
Having a ‘level’ head; mentally well-balanced or cool. Hence ˌlevel-ˈheadedness.
1876Rep. Vermont Board Agric. III. 156 That same steadiness, or, in horse parlance, level-headedness,..is quite as essential on the race track..as any where else. 1879Tourgee Fool's Err. i. 8 Clear-headed, or, as they would now be called, level-headed, were these children of the Berkshire hills. 1886New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) Feb. 179 This unexampled success is due..to the levelheadedness of its clerical guardians. 1896Alma Mater 11 Nov. 43/2 A man whose great characteristic is level-headedness. 1898S. Lee Life Shaks. xiv. 245 The terse and caustic comments which Anthony's level-headed friend Enobarbus..passes on the action. 1916Daily Chron. 13 Oct. 4/5 The British Air Service is now a great army,..all endowed with two sterling qualities required by the pilot of the air, courage and levelheadedness. 1927Daily Express 9 Aug. 8/2 A tribute to the level-headedness of the country which in his puny way he tries to wreck. 1937Koestler Spanish Testament iv. 84 English journalists..with their traditional feeling for level-headedness and decency, have often had to complain of this difficulty. |