mild-spoken

She'd seen Lord Radas at court day in Iliyat, a mild-spoken young man passing judgment and entertaining merchants.

Spirit Gate 2006

George would not become soft and mild-spoken even by a death-bed side, and it would be likely enough that the Squire would curse his heir with his dying breath.

Can You Forgive Her? 1993

At nine-thirty this morning Donald Burdick sat in his office with the chief executive officer of St Agnes, a tall, middle-aged, mild-spoken veteran of hospital administration.

Mistress of Justice Deaver, Jeffery 1992

When irresolute in the despatch of business, incline to that side which is the least offensive: -- Answer not with harshness a mild-spoken man, nor force him into war who knocks at the gate of peace.

The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2 Various

Gentlemen, the press is a mild-spoken and truly modest institution which never chants its own praises.

Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z Various

To be sure, I knew and thought of all the improving reflections of a sick-room; but it was much like a mild-spoken person making peace among twenty quarrelsome ones.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 Various

Admiral Boxer, and try to interest that mild-spoken and affable officer in our favour.

Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands Mary Seacole

Take him in the long run, he was a real meek, mild-spoken kind of man.

A Guest in Sodom 1912

Mr. Granice had always been so mild-spoken to his people -- no doubt the odd change in his manner had already been noticed and discussed below stairs.

The Bolted Door 1908

Mr. Granice had always been so mild-spoken to his people -- no doubt the odd change in his manner had already been noticed and discussed below stairs.

The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton — Part 1 Edith Wharton 1899