milde

Adjective

mild (comparative milder, superlative mildest)

1. Gentle and not easily angered
   • a mild man
2. Of only moderate severity; not strict.
   • He received a mild sentence.
3. Conciliatory, nonpolemical; gentle in tone.
   • Between 1890 and 1910 his political writing became distinctly milder in tone as his mind moved in the direction of evolutionary socialism.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in...
4. Not overly felt or seriously intended.
   • I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields, in no very mild state of fear of that gentleman's wife, whose vigilance was seldom relaxed. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair, the judge occupied by his own guilty thoughts, and I by others not less disturbing.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
5. Not serious or dangerous.
   • I learn that mental retardation is classified in four levels: mild, moderate, severe, and profound.2002, Rachel Simon, Riding the Bus with My Sister: A True Life Journey
6. Moderately warm, especially less cold than expected.
   • a mild day

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