Both Uses of
tempered
in
And The Mountains Echoed
- He was patient and friendly and even-tempered.†
Chpt 9 *even-tempered = not easily angered or upset
- In the emergency room, Pari is instructed by an ill-tempered nurse to wait by the registration desk, near a wheeled rack filled with clipboards and charts.†
Chpt 6
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