Definition of "mild-mannered" []

• Behaving in or having a mild or gentle manner (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Described as "mild-mannered", this former Soviet double agent now lives in retirement in California with his wife Nadia and grown up daughter Olga, an occupational therapist."
• "Described as mild-mannered and private, Lindner was also known as fiercely competitive and an eternal optimist who carried a stack of cards bearing sayings such as Only in America."
• "Karim, described as "mild-mannered, well-educated and respectful", hid his hatred for Western ways from colleagues by joining a gym, playing football and never airing extreme views."