temperamental
adjective
having or exhibiting a strongly marked, individual temperament.
temperamentally
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a word derived from
temperamental.
Example Sentences
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Gradel felt he was temperamentally unsuited for the trappings of teaching, such as raising money and showing up for work every day at the same place and at the same time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Slatkin also noted that his parents weren’t enamored of their performance, but then again, he explained that they were temperamentally ever ready to find fault.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2025
Lord Mandelson will be a bridge between a president and prime minister who seem temperamentally and politically miles apart.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2024
As his congressional colleagues know better than anyone, he is poisonously obnoxious, temperamentally unsuited to be the leader of any organization too large to meet in a broom closet.
From Slate ● Nov. 20, 2024
He had played chess, too, but he was not temperamentally suited to chess.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
