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temperamentally

temperamentally

3 7.4
In a way that shows a person's usual way of behaving
  • adverb
  • /ˌtɛmpəˈrɛmənˌtæli/
: temperamentalmente
  • (My brother, who is temperamentally very different from me, is also a Leo.)
  • temperamentally shy children
  • temperamentally diverse students

Some people are temperamentally, Thomas thinks, more prone to irritability.

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Examples

  • The abolitionists were right to feel that Lincoln was not temperamentally of their party.

    Academic text (2001)
  • My mother, though temperamentally more cautious and less quick to concede, eventually followed suit.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Not everyone is temperamentally suited to this.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Suggestions will be made for teachers regarding classroom activities that will best meet the needs of temperamentally diverse students.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Nor are we temperamentally suited to the policeman's unhappy lot.

    Academic text (1993)
  • The reticence of temperamentally shy children results in less behavioral engagement in the classroom compared with that of their peers.

    Academic text (2014)
  • Anarchists have always been closely linked to terrorists, both temperamentally and organizationally.

    Blog text (12)
  • We must add that some people have the makeup of historians, just as others are mentally or temperamentally adapted to be mathematical physicists.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Whereas Dostoevsky's condemned man reacts temperamentally, Borges's protagonist surmounts his dread.

    Academic text (2003)
  • The teacher believes that students should be temperamentally equipped to handle the challenges of school life.

Synonyms

naturedly
vstemperamentally
  • Archaic
4 7.5

In a kind, calm way that shows someone's usual self

is neutral about inner make up and not necessarily kind
dispositionally
vstemperamentally
1 8.9

In a way that shows a person's usual mood or character

focuses on deeper innate make up rather than everyday mood
characterologically
vstemperamentally
  • Specialized
1 9.9

In a way that shows a person's usual feelings and behavior

focuses on natural inner make up rather than technical analysis

Surface Forms

temperamentally positive

Morphology

temperamentally = temperamental (transparent) = temperament + al + ly

Formed by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'temperamental', a regular and predictable derivation.

Etymology

The word temperamentally comes from temperament, which comes from the Latin temperare meaning 'to mix' or 'to keep balance', and the same root is in the English word temper, as in 'lose your temper', which points to mood. So, temperamentally means 'in a way that relates to a person's natural mood or character'.