well-tempered

adjective

(of a musical scale or instrument) conforming to the system of equal temperament See temperament

Some are admirably well-tempered, except when they have had too much to drink.

There are two or three hardware manufactories, where the steel is said to be well tempered.

The whole affair depended on those two weapons; the end would be decided by a well-tempered, well-sharpened piece of steel.

His iron muscles braved any amount of labor, and his elastic nature was too well tempered to give way beneath such pressure.

Keep the sword bright, keen, and well tempered, and opportunity will come to use it in defense of truth and right.

Certainly it is a motto that can only be borne triumphantly on the standard of a very well-tempered nation.

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