sweet-tempered
[sweet-tem-perd]
- having a gentle and equable disposition; pleasant.
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Origin of sweet-tempered
First recorded in 1625–35
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Examples from the Web for sweet-tempered
Contemporary Examples
And the days in which a director, even Alfred Hitchcock, can get him for a million are gone the way of the sweet-tempered usher.
Despite his phenomenal singing voice and boyish good looks, Allen is a well-adjusted homebody, who is married and sweet-tempered.
Historical Examples
Well would it be if all the clergy were as sweet-tempered as that Bishop of Helstonleigh!
The ChanningsMrs. Henry Wood
"He sure is one sweet-tempered fellow," was Spouter's comment.
The Rover Boys on a HuntArthur M. Winfield (Edward Stratemeyer)
She looked mild and Madonna-like and was known to be sweet-tempered.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901Lucy Maud Montgomery
She was pretty and sweet-tempered, but timid and without energy of character.
The Flower BasketUnknown
She was very good and sweet-tempered, and everybody loved her.
Sketches of Our Life at SarawakHarriette McDougall