All 6 Uses of
tempered
in
Jane Eyre
- Mrs. Fairfax turned out to be what she appeared, a placid-tempered, kind-natured woman, of competent education and average intelligence.†
Chpt 12
- "And what a sweet-tempered forehead he has!" cried Louisa, — "so smooth — none of those frowning irregularities I dislike so much; and such a placid eye and smile!"†
Chpt 18 *
- Feeling without judgment is a washy draught indeed; but judgment untempered by feeling is too bitter and husky a morsel for human deglutition.†
Chpt 21
- Jane, I am not a gentle-tempered man — you forget that: I am not long-enduring; I am not cool and dispassionate.†
Chpt 27
- As she grew up, a sound English education corrected in a great measure her French defects; and when she left school, I found in her a pleasing and obliging companion: docile, good-tempered, and well-principled.†
Chpt 38
- On that occasion, he again, with a full heart, acknowledged that God had tempered judgment with mercy.†
Chpt 38 *
Definitions:
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(tempered as in: short-tempered) having a typical mood or temperament -- often in reference to how easily one is angered
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(tempered as in: bad news tempered by kindness) made less extreme