well-tempered

adjective (well tempered when postpositive)

(of a musical scale or instrument) conforming to the system of equal temperamentSee temperament (def. 4)

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Examples from the Web for well-tempered

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On the contrary, the Well-tempered Clavichord grows younger with time.
Old Fogy
James Huneker
The Sajous are well-tempered creatures, and easily domesticated.
Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found
Mayne Reid
Well, they make bayonets there now, just as sharp and just as well-tempered.
George Brown
John Lewis
I could, with well-tempered steel, cut asunder a seven-times-folded piece of silk at one blow without fraying out a thread.
Vendetta
Marie Corelli
It was forged of some bluish metal that seemed as strong and flexible as well-tempered steel.
The Golden Amazons of Venus
John Murray Reynolds

well-tempered

Examples from the Web for well-tempered

Historical Examples

On the contrary, the Well-tempered Clavichord grows younger with time.

The Sajous are well-tempered creatures, and easily domesticated.

Well, they make bayonets there now, just as sharp and just as well-tempered.

I could, with well-tempered steel, cut asunder a seven-times-folded piece of silk at one blow without fraying out a thread.

It was forged of some bluish metal that seemed as strong and flexible as well-tempered steel.