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[ adjective ] moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme
Examples "a mild winter storm" "a mild fever" "fortunately the pain was mild" "a mild rebuke" "mild criticism" Used in print ("Editorials"...)It is , in_fact , a relatively mild chastisement of the dead . (E. Gellhorn, "Prolegomena to a theory of the emotions"...)A mild electrical_shock served as a conditioned_stimulus and was followed by feeding . (John Michael Ray, "Rhode Island's Reactions...)On the morning following the Pratt_Hall meeting the editor of the Providence_Daily_Journal wrote that although the meeting was milder and less extreme than those held in other areas for similar purposes , it could have been avoided completely . |
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