even-tempered

adjective

: not easily upset or made angry
a very even-tempered girl

Examples of even-tempered in a Sentence

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“Even-tempered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/even-tempered. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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