level-headed
Britishadjective
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He is polite, level-headed and very serious about his daily work.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
It’s hard to say that all the nuclear countries are led by level-headed, wise, deep-thinking people.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
“He seemed like a level-headed person,” one friend says of Richard “Beebo” Russell, the subject of the documentary “#Skyking.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
"They always asked for a more moderate Bolsonaro, I've always been like this...balanced and level-headed," Flavio said after being tapped to lead his father's powerful conservative base.
From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026
Even the level-headed James Chadwick recalled experiments at the Cavendish “so desperate, so far-fetched as to belong to the days of alchemy.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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