All 10 Uses of
tempered
in
Emma
- She is pretty, and she is good tempered, and that is all.†
Chpt 1.7-8 *
- He was not an ill-tempered man, not so often unreasonably cross as to deserve such a reproach; but his temper was not his great perfection; and, indeed, with such a worshipping wife, it was hardly possible that any natural defects in it should not be increased.†
Chpt 1.11-12
- I believe he is one of the very best-tempered men that ever existed.†
Chpt 1.11-12
- Mr. Weston is rather an easy, cheerful-tempered man, than a man of strong feelings; he takes things as he finds them, and makes enjoyment of them somehow or other, depending, I suspect, much more upon what is called society for his comforts, that is, upon the power of eating and drinking, and playing whist with his neighbours five times a week, than upon family affection, or any thing that home affords.†
Chpt 1.11-12
- Mrs. Churchill rules at Enscombe, and is a very odd-tempered woman; and his coming now, depends upon her being willing to spare him.†
Chpt 1.13-14
- To be constantly living with an ill-tempered person, must be dreadful.†
Chpt 1.13-14 *
- Long before he reappeared, attending the short, neat, brisk-moving aunt, and her elegant niece,—Mrs. Weston, like a sweet-tempered woman and a good wife, had examined the passage again, and found the evils of it much less than she had supposed before—indeed very trifling; and here ended the difficulties of decision.†
Chpt 2.11-12
- —I do not care whether I meet him or not—except that of the two I had rather not see him—and indeed I would go any distance round to avoid him—but I do not envy his wife in the least; I neither admire her nor envy her, as I have done: she is very charming, I dare say, and all that, but I think her very ill-tempered and disagreeable—I shall never forget her look the other night!†
Chpt 3.3-4
- "You ought to know your friend best," replied Mr. Knightley; "but I should say she was a good-tempered, soft-hearted girl, not likely to be very, very determined against any young man who told her he loved her."†
Chpt 3.17-18
- She had no doubt of Harriet's happiness with any good-tempered man; but with him, and in the home he offered, there would be the hope of more, of security, stability, and improvement.†
Chpt 3.19
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