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temperamentally

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tem·per·a·men·tal  (tmpr-mntl, tmpr--)
adj.
1. Relating to or caused by temperament: our temperamental differences.
2. Excessively sensitive or irritable; moody.
3. Likely to perform unpredictably; undependable: a temperamental motor.
temper·a·mental·ly adv.
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Adv.1.temperamentally - by temperament; "temperamentally suited to each other"


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She is handsome, energetic, executive, but to me she seems unimpressionable and temperamentally incapable of enthusiasm.
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Michael possessed no trace of hysteria, though he was more temperamentally excitable and explosive than his blood-brother Jerry, while his father and mother were a sedate old couple indeed compared with him.
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And I enjoyed it temperamentally in a chair, my feet up on the sill of the open window, a book in my hands and the murmured harmonies of wind and sun in my heart making an accompaniment to the rhythms of my author.
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