Synonyms for measured


Grammar : Adj
Spell : mezh-erd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɛʒ ərd

Top 10 synonyms for measured Other synonyms for the word measured

Définition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

Antonyms for measured

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