单词 | measuredness |
释义 | measurednessn. Measured quality; moderation, restraint; regularity. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > [noun] > fact of being measured or restrained measuredness1855 1855 F. W. Faber Growth in Holiness (ed. 2) xiv. 191 How the world admires..measuredness of words. 1899 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 446 Both frames of mind receive expression in the words of speakers, among whom a leading characteristic is lack of measuredness and of proportion. 1927 Philos. Rev. 36 447 Our pleasure-pain sense gradually takes on a kind of harmoniousness and measuredness. 1999 Washington Post (Electronic ed.) 17 May a19 It was the result of her potent measuredness, which by its gentle tug affected everyone in her orbit by making them more judicious. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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