All 3 Uses of
tempered
in
The Age of Innocence
- He passed for an Englishman, was agreeable, handsome, ill-tempered, hospitable and witty.†
Chpt 3 *
- It was undoubtedly gratifying to be the husband of one of the handsomest and most popular young married women in New York, especially when she was also one of the sweetest-tempered and most reasonable of wives; and Archer had never been insensible to such advantages.†
Chpt 21
- If Mrs. Beaufort had not taken the tone that such misfortunes (the word was her own) were "the test of friendship," compassion for her might have tempered the general indignation against her husband.†
Chpt 28 *
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