C1adverbformalpsychologyrelationships
US/ˌtem.pər.əˈmen.təl.i/
UK/ˌtem.pər.əˈmen.təl.i/
in a way that relates to a person's natural character and the way they usually react
In context
The two brothers are temperamentally very different from each other.
She is temperamentally unsuited to a job with so much pressure.
He seemed temperamentally incapable of admitting that he was wrong.
Words that go with temperamentally
adverb + adjective
- temperamentally suitedHe is temperamentally suited to teaching young children.
- temperamentally unsuitedSome people are temperamentally unsuited to office work.
- temperamentally differentThe partners were temperamentally different but worked well together.
- temperamentally cautiousThe new manager is temperamentally cautious.
- temperamentally incapableShe seemed temperamentally incapable of lying.