measured
(mez̸h′ərd)
adjective
- determined, ascertained, or proportioned by a standard
- regular, steady, or uniform
- steady, slow, and deliberate: to walk with a measured tread
- rhythmic
- metrical
- calculated, restrained, and deliberate; careful and guarded: said of speech, etc.
See measured in American Heritage Dictionary 4
adjective- Determined by measurement: The measured distance was less than a mile.
- Careful; restrained: spoke in measured words.
- Calculated; deliberate: with measured irony.
- Regular in rhythm and number: “A clock struck slowly in the house with a measured, solemn chime” (Thomas Wolfe).
- Slow and stately.
- Written in meter.
- Music Mensural.
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