mea ‧ sured /ˈmeʒəd $ -ərd/ BrE AmE adjective
[ Word Family: adjective : ↑ measurable ≠ ↑ immeasurable , ↑ measured , ↑ measureless ; noun : ↑ measure , ↑ measurement ; verb : ↑ measure ; adverb : ↑ measurably ≠ ↑ immeasurably ]
if you do something in a measured way, you do it in a careful and controlled way, not in an excited or sudden way:
a measured response to the problem
She spoke in measured tones.