She called him a man of "even temperament" who "treats people with respect and gets respect back."
However, for a man of Ikey's background and temperament this was simply not possible.
"Allan is a man of impulsive, nervous temperament," he says mildly.
Aton was a man of violent temperament, and he had a sadistic streak.
He was considered a man of bad temperament.
He seemed to be a man of equable temperament.
I see myself as a man of moderate temperament guided by common sense.
How do we judge a man of such different times - and temperament - from our own?
The necessity was not so normally pleasurable as it ought to have been for a man of his age and temperament.
For a fair man of vivacious temperament, this stately dark girl was the ideal mate.