Both Uses
tempered
in
The Remains of the Day
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- Now, Miss Kenton, there is no need to become so bad tempered.†
Chpt 2m - *
- He is not in the least a cruel or ill —tempered man.†
Chpt 6e -
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
- (4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)