even-tempered.

Usually calm and not easily moved into anger or abrupt mood changes.

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Words that belong together

• even-tempered manner
• even-tempered colleague

On the page

The even-tempered colleague steadied the tense discussion.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Comparative more even-tempered; superlative most even-tempered when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: character, behavior. Commonness: moderately common.