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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : mezh-erd |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɛʒ ərd |
Definition of measured
Origin :- late 14c., "deliberate, restrained," adjective from past participle of measure (v.). Meaning "uniform, regular" is from c.1400.
- adj steady
- adj moderate
- adj determined
- adj calculated
- They possessed no watches but they measured time by the shadow of the sun-dial.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- When one looked at him one felt that he was a standard by which other animals should be measured.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- He measured your blindness and weakness by the standard of His own knowledge and almightiness.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- The Universal is too great to be measured and doled in that way.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- Yet, measured according to the stern standards of adversity, Mary was fortunate.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- There was a silence that seemed long, though it was measured in the passing of seconds.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- Measured by this new glance, so clear, so appraising, he sank back into his chair.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- But this man was promising me more than she had done, and his every word was measured.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- They were measured out by the corpses of Normans and Saxons.
- Extract from : « Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II » by Charlotte Mary Yonge
- The real character of a man is measured by the truth he shows to women.
- Extract from : « The Call of the Twentieth Century » by David Starr Jordan
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