Definition of "temperedly" [temperedly]

• In a tempered manner.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Someone very old with snow in his beard and a damp, unlit cigarette on his lower lip came in muttering ill-temperedly, snatched Beard's bag, took it out to a sled hitched to a snowmobile, and drove off."
• "So, to return belatedly to the point, I bad-temperedly wish someone would explain what northern regeneration is actually producing which is so wonderful without employing any of usual flimsy guffspeak."
• "Linnea did well with the whole pants business again, though when we bad-temperedly arrived home she did end up puddling, because I howled and raged and stuck her in front of the TV while I prepped dinner, which was, frankly, stupid and not really doing my job."