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well-tempered
adjective
- (of a musical scale or instrument) conforming to the system of equal temperament See temperament
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Some are admirably well-tempered, except when they have had too much to drink.
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There are two or three hardware manufactories, where the steel is said to be well tempered.
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The whole affair depended on those two weapons; the end would be decided by a well-tempered, well-sharpened piece of steel.
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His iron muscles braved any amount of labor, and his elastic nature was too well tempered to give way beneath such pressure.
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Keep the sword bright, keen, and well tempered, and opportunity will come to use it in defense of truth and right.
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Certainly it is a motto that can only be borne triumphantly on the standard of a very well-tempered nation.
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