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meas·ured  (mzhrd)
adj.
1. Determined by measurement: The measured distance was less than a mile.
2. Careful; restrained: spoke in measured words.
3. Calculated; deliberate: with measured irony.
4. Regular in rhythm and number: "A clock struck slowly in the house with a measured, solemn chime" (Thomas Wolfe).
5. Slow and stately.
6. Written in meter.
7. Music Mensural.

measured·ly adv.
measured·ness n.

measured [ˈmɛʒəd]
adj
1. determined by measurement
2. slow, stately, or leisurely
3. carefully considered; deliberate
measuredly  adv
measuredness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.measured - having notes of fixed rhythmic value
music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
2.measured - the rhythmic arrangement of syllables
metrics, prosody - the study of poetic meter and the art of versification
rhythmic, rhythmical - recurring with measured regularity; "the rhythmic chiming of church bells"- John Galsworthy; "rhythmical prose"
3.measured - carefully thought out in advance; "a calculated insult"; "with measured irony"
intended - resulting from one's intentions; "your intended trip abroad"; "an intended insult"
4.measured - unhurried and with care and dignity; "walking at the same measured pace"; "with all deliberate speed"
unhurried - relaxed and leisurely; without hurry or haste; "people strolling about in an unhurried way"; "an unhurried walk"; "spoke in a calm and unhurried voice"

measured
adjective
1. steady, even, slow, regular, dignified, stately, solemn, leisurely, sedate, unhurried They have to proceed at a measured pace.
2. considered, planned, reasoned, studied, calculated, deliberate, sober, premeditated, well-thought-out Her more measured approach will appeal to voters.
3. quantified, standard, exact, regulated, precise, gauged, verified, predetermined, modulated Is the difference in measured intelligence genetic or environmental?
Translations
measured [ˈmeʒəd] ADJ [tread, pace] → acompasado; [tone, way of talking, statement] → mesurado, comedido
measured [ˈmɛʒərd] adj [tone, response] → mesuré(e)
measured
adj treadgemessen (liter); tonebedacht, bedächtig; wordswohlüberlegt, durchdacht; approach, responsemaßvoll; he walked with measured stepser ging gemessenen Schrittes (liter); at a measured pacein gemäßigtem Tempo; he is becoming calmer and more measureder wird ruhiger und bedächtiger
measured [ˈmɛʒəd] adjmisurato/a
measured [ˈmɛʒəd] adjmisurato/a


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In the first place, as you have said, to be measured is a loss of time, even though it occur only once a fortnight.
"I never could look on it in the light of a recreation to have my ears teased with measured noises," said Mr.
Their technic consisted in waving their tails and moving their heads in a regular succession of measured movements resulting in a cadence which evidently pleased the eye of the Mahar as the cadence of our own instrumental music pleases our ears.
 
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