ad·just·ed

(ə-jŭs′tĭd)

adj.

1. Arranged or changed so as to match, conform, or function, especially in a specified way: an improperly adjusted scale.

2. Having achieved psychological balance, especially regarding others or the demands of everyday life: a poorly adjusted teenager.

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adjusted

(əˈdʒʌstɪd)

adj

1. (Psychology) psychologically well or badly equipped to cope with reality and ordinary life and relationships

2. altered or fixed to suit the circumstances

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.	1.	adjusted - altered to accommodate to certain requirements or bring into a proper relation; "an adjusted insurance claim"; "the car runs more smoothly with the timing adjusted" unadjusted - not altered to fit certain requirements; "an unadjusted figure of 8.5 percent"; "the unadjusted clock is running fast";
	2.	adjusted - adjusted to demands of daily living; showing emotional stability psychological science, psychology - the science of mental life maladjusted - poorly adjusted to demands and stresses of daily living; "a maladjusted child"
	3.	adjusted - having achieved a comfortable relation with your environment familiarised, familiarized orientated, oriented - adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination; "the house had its large windows oriented toward the ocean view"; "helping freshmen become oriented to college life"; "the book is value-oriented throughout"
	4.	adjusted - (especially of garments) having the fit or style adjusted; "for my wedding I had my mother's wedding dress altered to fit me" altered - changed in form or character without becoming something else; "the altered policy promised success"; "following an altered course we soon found ourselves back in civilization"; "he looked...with clouded eyes and with an altered manner of breathing"- Charles Dickens

Translations

contraffatto tarato

adjusted

[əˈdʒʌstɪd] adj (Psych) → integrato/a

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I have adjusted my instrument very satisfactorily (I mean the one I carry in my good square German head), and I am not afraid of losing a single drop of this valuable fluid, as it condenses itself upon the plate of my observation.

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He had almost emerged from the shadow of the arcade into the full light of the flare and the approaching men were but a few yards from him, when he suddenly kneeled and pretended to adjust the wrappings of his sandals--wrappings, which, by the way, he was not at all sure that he had adjusted as their makers had intended them to be adjusted.

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It is extremely probable, also, that after the ratio of representation had been adjusted, this very compromise must have produced a fresh struggle between the same parties, to give such a turn to the organization of the government, and to the distribution of its powers, as would increase the importance of the branches, in forming which they had respectively obtained the greatest share of influence.

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This ray is separated from the other rays of the sun by means of finely adjusted instruments placed upon the roof of the huge building, three-quarters of which is used for reservoirs in which the ninth ray is stored.

The locks are so finely adjusted that the doors are released by the action of a certain combination of thought waves.

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He takes from a locked press a peculiar-looking pipe, which he fills--but not with tobacco--and, having adjusted the contents of the bowl, very carefully, with a little instrument, ascends an inner staircase of only a few steps, leading to two rooms.

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Five minutes before, the expanse of his life had been submerged in its evening sunshine which shone backward to its remembered morning: sin seemed to be a question of doctrine and inward penitence, humiliation an exercise of the closet, the bearing of his deeds a matter of private vision adjusted solely by spiritual relations and conceptions of the divine purposes.

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He accepted the needless inequalities and inconsistencies of his life, with a kind of conventional submission that was almost slavish; and any daring layman who would have adjusted such burdens as his, more decently and graciously, would have had small help from him.

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Never were hands more exquisite than hers, and it was a joy to look at them when she threaded her needle or adjusted her gold thimble to her taper middle finger as she sewed away on the little night-drawers or fashioned a bodice or a bib.

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At length all these jarring matters were adjusted, if not to the satisfaction, at least to the acquiescence of all parties.

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The spiral, which was not to be adjusted until some future moment, was packed up, separately, along with a very strong Buntzen electric battery.

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Then he seated himself again, adjusted his false head, and said:

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