Both Uses of
tempered
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- Oak belonged to the even-tempered order of humanity, and felt the secret fusion of himself in Bathsheba to be burning with a finer flame now that she was gone—that was all.†
Chpt 4-6 *
- He never passed the line which divides the spruce vices from the ugly; and hence, though his morals had hardly been applauded, disapproval of them had frequently been tempered with a smile.†
Chpt 25-27 *
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