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Balanced

adjective

Being in a state of proper equilibrium. "A properly balanced symphony orchestra" , "A balanced assessment of intellectual and cultural history" , "A balanced blend of whiskeys" , "The educated man shows a balanced development of all his powers"

Balance

verb

(past & past part. balanced; pres. part. balancing)

Bring into balance or equilibrium. Synonyms: equilibrate, equilibrise, equilibrize. "Balance the two weights"

Compute credits and debits of an account.

Hold or carry in equilibrium. Synonym: poise.

Be in equilibrium.

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"Balanced" Quotes from Famous Books

... to gather in her eyes at the thought of parting with him. And no wonder. He was really a most delightful little old man. His long beard was made of hair-like silver wire, the whites of his eyes were little specks of inlaid ivory, and in his hand he balanced a small bar of solid gold, which did duty as the latch of ...

— Fifty-Two Stories For Girls • Various

... give me orders in my own house before my wife?" The man balanced himself against the table. "You get out of this and never come back. I am a gentleman, I want you to know, and I may be a drunkard and all that, but I am not going ...

— The Web of Life • Robert Herrick

... Squire had climbed on to the top of the wall and stood there balanced, the very image of grace and spirit and gallantry, his bridle hanging from one hand and his whip grasped in the other. With a fierce snort, the horse made for him instantly, and his white teeth flashed as he snapped; ...

— Sir Nigel • Arthur Conan Doyle

... only a matter of time. He was so wealthy and prosperous, and a connexion with him would have been so useful to the firm, that Mary was grateful to her father for forbearing to press her on what he evidently wished so earnestly. Mr. Ward had exactly the excellent, well-balanced character, which seemed made to suit her, and she could have imagined being very happy with him, if—No, no—Mr. Ward could not be thought ...

— Dynevor Terrace (Vol. II) • Charlotte M. Yonge

... invisible fates! The charming way his people "drop" their little equivocal innocent-wicked retorts; "drop" them and "fling them out," and "sweetly hazard" them and "wonderfully wail" them, produces the same effect of balanced expectancy and suspended judgment that one derives from those ambiguous "so it might seems" of the wavering ...

— Suspended Judgments - Essays on Books and Sensations • John Cowper Powys

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