counterbalanced

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English

Verb

counterbalanced

  1. simple past and past participle of counterbalance
    • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IV, in Romance and Reality. , volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, , →OCLC, page 69:
      The wind blew from that direction, and brought with it the sound of their voices and laughter. The misery of such sounds was counterbalanced by the certainty that the same wind would waft their own voices, or rather Donna Margaretta's, voice away from the house.

Adjective

counterbalanced

  1. Having a counterbalance

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