temperamentally

English

Etymology

temperamental +‎ -ly

Adverb

temperamentally (comparative more temperamentally, superlative most temperamentally)

  1. In a temperamental manner.
    The car engine coughed temperamentally before roaring into life.
  2. (not comparable) By one's temperament.
    • 1996, Seymour R. Kesten, Utopian Episodes:
      The first [phase] calls for leaders impatient with the past, and temperamentally disposed to an irreverent break with tradition. They must be agitators who can fan the flames of discontent and gather forces with the strength to tear down the old.
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