well-tempered
Britishadjective
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Behind the crosshatched front grille lives a well-tempered, turbocharged 3.5-liter V6, mated to an eight-speed automatic transmission and permanent all-wheel drive, including a digitally controlled limited-slip differential.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
It bends the well-tempered notes of the European scale into idiosyncratic microtones and mocks any inflexible rhythm.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2024
The 18th-century theorists who devised the well-tempered system of tuning instruments meant merely to improve music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2017
The dog is sweet, well-tempered, and loved by everyone who meets him.
From Slate ● May 22, 2017
But on reaching the spot, he was hit on his cuirass by a musket-ball, which, although it glanced from the well-tempered metal, came with sufficient force to bring him to the ground.
From History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain Volume The Third and Biographical & Critical Miscellanies by Prescott, William Hickling
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