measured adj

1 determined by measurement; "the measured distance was less than a mile" [ant: unmeasured]

2 the rhythmic arrangement of syllables [syn: metrical, metric]

3 carefully thought out in advance; "a calculated insult"; "with measured irony" [syn: calculated, deliberate]

4 with care and dignity; "walking at the same measured pace"; "with all deliberate speed" [syn: careful, deliberate]

English

Adjective

1. That has been determined by measurement.

   He ran over a measured mile.

2. Deliberate but restrained.

   He argued in measured tones.

3. In the context of "of poetry etc": Rhythmically written in meter; metrical.

Verb

measured

1. past of measure

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