even-minded
Americanadjective
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Mr. Garrison deftly sidesteps gay stereotype in his role as the ex-children’s book editor Robert, the more even-minded of the couple next door.
From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2011
Slug and Crawler, Mrs. Tempest's carriage horses, sleek even-minded bays, had been at Brighton, and so had Vixen's beautiful thorough-bred, and a handsome brown for the groom; but all the rest had stayed in Hampshire.
From Vixen, Volume I. by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
He had left, cool, well-balanced, even-minded; he had returned, so far as his inner moments were concerned, in a trance, a state of absorption.
From John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising by Mitford, Bertram
The words seemed to bear just this interpretation—and at the bare contemplation of a frightful danger hanging over Eanswyth, cool, even-minded Eustace Milne, felt the blood flow back to his heart.
From 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War by Mitford, Bertram
If there is an office that requires consummate tact, knowledge and even-minded temperament, commend me to that of private secretary to a Governor-General.
From The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon by Gordon, J. M. (Joseph Maria)
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