mild-mannered en · ADJ
Meanings
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Calm, gentle, moderate and unexcitable in attitude or disposition.
That's because, having left behind his senior position on the national network at the West Midlands Rail Executive in mid-March […], the energetic but mild-mannered Holmes has brought a distinctly forward-looking agenda to the Leicestershire heritage operation he now leads.
2023 August 23, Malcolm Holmes tells Paul Stephen, “A mission to develop GCR's legacy”, in RAIL, number 990, page 38:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most mild-mannered | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more mild-mannered | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Translations (3)
es apacible (calm, gentle, moderate) · mi ngākau māhaki (calm, gentle, moderate) · es manso (calm, gentle, moderate)