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- noun The property of being
levelheaded , stable, not overly swayed bypassion .
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Examples
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His levelheadedness is put to the test as he deals with a worker uprising, a frigid wife (a criminally underused Kristen Wiig), a con artist (Mila Kunis), and an ambulance-chasing TV lawyer (Gene Simmons).
Mike Judge tries to “Extract” more workplace comedy » Scene-Stealers 2009
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"He's approached all this with an amazing levelheadedness and a sense of purpose."
Virginia Tech survivor Colin Goddard lobbies for gun control 2011
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If you can't muster the levelheadedness to do even that, well ... that's what separates the men from the boys.
TOC: The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF edited by Mike Ashley 2009
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Such levelheadedness leads him into the trap that snares many futurists—his theorizing assumes a souped-up version of today's world rather than a radically changed world.
Post-Carbon America Matt Ridley 2011
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"He's approached all this with an amazing levelheadedness and a sense of purpose."
Virginia Tech survivor Colin Goddard lobbies for gun control 2011
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I admire your levelheadedness in the face of my madness.
Shlomo-Bobo-Flabbo-ism (plus Addendum) EAGEAGEAG 2010
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Barack Obama has much more integrity, honesty, levelheadedness, good judgement, foresight and brains in his little pinky than those two "has beens" have in their whole body!
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Captains’ attitudes tend to be contagious, and I suspect that the pressures of the off-season are better suited to the levelheadedness that comes with experience than the passion that comes with being a young star.
When it comes to player leadership, how do the Caps measure up? Nicole Weissman 2010
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It is a tribute to her levelheadedness and strength that despite the most bizarre life imaginable after her childhood, she remained intact, true to herself.
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"From our grandmother, he gets his pragmatism, his levelheadedness, his ability to stay centered in the eye of the story," she told The Associated Press.
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