adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Though normally phlegmatic , Jan was beginning to get alarmed.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Cézanne was phlegmatic , timid, at times virtually dumb.
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Eager to work and leave their mark, the Volunteers seethed at the phlegmatic nature of the program.
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He was rational, relaxed, phlegmatic .
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His driver, a phlegmatic man in middle age, evinced no surprise.
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His letters confirm a highly inquisitive mind regarding natural and scientific phenomena and suggest a phlegmatic temperament and a dry humour.
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Midwesterners, naturally phlegmatic , would be stirred only if they considered that something was really wrong.
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Robbie was surprised and relieved to find Fen his usual phlegmatic self next morning.