measured en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈmɛʒəd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈmeɪʒɚd/ (US, regional)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈmɛʒɚd/ (General-American)
Meanings
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That has been determined by measurement.
Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.
1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 16:He ran over a measured mile.
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Deliberate but restrained.
He argued in measured tones.
This procedure was very tedious for me. Although she was definitely in a somnambulistic state, her answers were coming very slowly with carefully measured caution.
1989, Dolores Cannon, chapter 1, in Conversations with Nostradamus, page 8:But, for the unquiet heart and brain, A use in measured language lies; The sad mechanic exercise, Like dull narcotics, numbing pain.
1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto V”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
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(of poetry etc.) Rhythmically written in meter; metrical.
As we stood waiting for the departure time with the setting sun twinkling on the great brass dome of our 2-4-0, the sound of church bells was the only one apart from the measured tread of the guard slowly pacing towards his van, and, standing at an open window, I more than once heard the fireman's "Right away!" to his mate in acknowledgement of a desultory wave of the unfurled green flag.
1955 January, R. S. McNaught, “From the Severn to the Mersey by Great Western”, in Railway Magazine, page 19:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most measured | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more measured | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
unmeasured · measured drop · measuredly · nonmeasured · immeasured · premeasured · measuredness · measured mile
Hyponyms
Synonyms
mellow · reasonable · proper · reasonable · reasonous · nonfanatic · temperate · nonexcessive · nonextreme · sober · tempered · middle of the road · measured · moderate · unextreme · temperate · mild · unexcessive
Translations (10)
eo laŭmezura (deliberate but restrained) · bg обмислен (deliberate but restrained) · es medido (deliberate but restrained) · nl afgemeten (deliberate but restrained) · de bedächtig (deliberate but restrained) · bg премерен (deliberate but restrained) · grc μέτριος (deliberate but restrained) · hu megfontolt (deliberate but restrained) · hu kimért (deliberate but restrained) · de gemessen (deliberate but restrained)