measured

/ˈmeʒərd/

careful, unhurried, deliberate

measured in a sentence

“Respond in a measured tone even when the review is unfair.”

Latin mensura a measuring

Related Words

colloquial

belonging to everyday speech rather than formal writing

plainspoken

direct and unadorned

folksy

homespun, neighborly informality

oracular

grand, cryptic, and prophetic in manner

clipped

cut short; brisk, terse delivery

telegraphic

stripped to essential words, like a telegram