Measured

/ˈmɛʒəd/ · adjective

Meaning

That has been determined by measurement..

Definitions by Sense

1. That has been determined by measurement.
2. Deliberate but restrained.
3. (of poetry etc.) Rhythmically written in meter; metrical.
4. simple past and past participle of measure

Example Sentences

He ran over a measured mile.

Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.

He argued in measured tones.

But, for the unquiet heart and brain, ⁠A use in measured language lies; ⁠The sad mechanic exercise, Like dull narcotics, numbing pain.

This procedure was very tedious for me. Although she was definitely in a somnambulistic state, her answers were coming very slowly with carefully measured caution.

As we stood waiting for the departure time with the setting sun twinkling on the great brass dome of our 2-4-0, the sound of church bells was the only one apart from the measured tread of the guard slowly pacing towards his van, and, standing at an open window, I more than once heard the fireman's "Right away!" to his mate in acknowledgement of a desultory wave of the unfurled green flag.

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Word Forms

• more measured
• most measured

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