temper

A Boston Evening Transcript ad from 1895 promoted chairs that “keep you in excellent temper and spirits. You meet your customers with an easy, rested look.”

A sanguine temper would say ten or twelve; let me dare to hope humbly for five or six.

Human caregivers can lose their tempers, but robots are unlikely to have that problem.

Gold’s price is representative of a market that is tempering optimism with pragmatism.

Still, sentiment could be tempered by an ongoing legal case, she notes.