Definition of measured
- a measured gait
- a measured response
This crisis requires a measured response.
She spoke in carefully measured tones.
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14th century
bounded, circumscribed, defined, definite, determinate, finite, limited, narrow, restricted;
boundless, dimensionless, endless, illimitable, immeasurable, indefinite, infinite, limitless, measureless, unbounded, undefined, unlimited, unmeasured;
bottomless, countless, incalculable, inestimable, inexhaustible, innumerable, unfathomable;
general, indeterminate, nebulous, vague;
: done with thought and care
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