Example Sentences

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“Across markets, risk appetite is returning—but measuredly so.”

From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025

Speaking measuredly, he does not blame the drone attacks for the coup, but said they contributed to a political environment that saw the government “as very weak, unable to protect citizens”.

From The Guardian • Apr. 21, 2016

His navy suits give him the look of a middle-aged banker, and he speaks measuredly.

From BusinessWeek • Nov. 25, 2011

“I’m not irrationally exuberant, but I’m measuredly optimistic.”

From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2011

That she would receive him haughtily, disdainfully even, he was fully prepared for; that she would reproach him—not very measuredly too—for his perfidy regarding Paten, he also expected.

From One Of Them by Lever, Charles James