Both Uses of
tempered
in
War and Peace
- She was even-tempered and calm and quite as cheerful as of old.†
Chpt 7 *even-tempered = not easily angered or upset
- Foka, the butler, was the most ill-tempered person in the house.†
Chpt 7
Definitions:
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(1)
(tempered as in: bad news tempered by kindness) made less extreme
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(2)
(tempered as in: tempered steel) made stronger or more flexible by heat treatment -- often of steel or glass
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(3)
(tempered as in: short-tempered) having a typical mood or temperament -- often in reference to how easily one is angered