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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Regulated or determined by a standard; hence, equal; uniform; graduated; limited; moderated;

as, he walked with

measured

steps; he expressed himself in no

measured

terms.

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Meas′ured-ly

adv.

pp.

mezh'ured. Computed or ascertained by a rule; adjusted; proportioned; passed over.

a. Equal; uniform; steady. He walked with measured steps.

measured ‎(comparative more measured, superlative most measured)

That has been determined by measurement.
He ran over a measured mile.‎
- 1893, Walter Besant, The Ivory Gate, Prologue:
  Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.
Deliberate but restrained.
He argued in measured tones.‎
(of poetry &c.) Rhythmically written in meter; metrical.

measured