Meaning & use
measured
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Careful, deliberate, and controlled, especially in speech, pace, or reaction, rather than being calculated with an instrument.
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She gave a measured response instead of reacting in anger.
He walked with a measured pace, in no apparent hurry.
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This figurative sense, calm and deliberate, is distinct from the literal sense of having been measured with a ruler or scale.
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