level-headed

adjective

1. even-tempered, balanced, and reliable; steady

Derived Forms

• ˌlevel-ˈheadedly, adverb
• ˌlevel-ˈheadedness, noun

Example Sentences

This level-headed man of logic, however, is also a creature of moods and funks.

From The Daily Beast

President Obama was nearly as uncommitted to compromise as House Speaker John Boehner; he only appeared more level-headed.

From The Daily Beast

When the normally level-headed titans of high finance start to sell off in a frenzy, you know things are bad.

From The Daily Beast

What it could use more of are thoughtful, level-headed types of the sort that the old Bobby Jindal would have liked.

From The Daily Beast

With only a few exceptions, none of the factions embody any principles of “moderation” or level-headed pragmatism.

From The Daily Beast

Oh, Stephen is usually a pretty level-headed sort of a fellow!

From Project Gutenberg

A cool, level-headed man is the greatest necessity in an emergency, for it is as disastrous to get too many men as it is too few.

From Project Gutenberg

He is a very strong-minded, practical, level-headed old chap, without a grain of superstition in him.

From Project Gutenberg

But old man Nelson is a cool-blooded, level-headed old fellow; has seen a lot of life, too.

From Project Gutenberg

But the most level-headed man in England could not have come to the point in fewer words or a more temperate tone.

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