What is "milder"

Usage examples of "milder".

All of it slowly sucked away, as he saw himself work at one horrible job after another, throw away chance after chance to be something more than John Milder, mild-mannered nobody.

Whilst abounding in wood, the Southern Country is not so well watered as are Central and Northern Midian On the other hand, the tenants, confined to the Baliyy tribe, with a few scatters of the despised Hutaym, are milder and more tractable than the Huwaytat.

Once across the mountains, the weather will prove milder in the eastat least that is the rule this time of year.

They can stage outside the City of the Plains on Kelewan, at ease in a milder climate.

These had to be boiled and washed by hand with a milder soap, then boiled again and rinsed not once but three times before they could be hung.

As the transition from day to night grew more palpable, the hamlets of Savoy became gray and hazy, the shades thickened around the bases of the mountains in a manner to render their forms indistinct and massive, and the milder glory of the scene was transferred to their summits.

A purer or milder spirit than hers, one that more sensitively shrinks from rude collision, does not exist, and yet, on whichever side she turns her eyes, she meets with appalling prejudices or opinions to drive a gentle nature like hers to madness It may be a misfortune, Adelheid, to want instruction, and to be fated to pass a life in the depths of ignorance, and in the indulgence of brutal passions, but it is scarcely a blessing to have the mind elevated above the tasks which a cruel and selfish world so frequently imposes.

Again they wept together, but it was with a milder and sweeter sorrow than before.

So, likewise, are there numerous, acute diseases of a milder character which are easily and unmistakably recognized without the possession of great medical knowledge, and which readily yield to plain, simple, medical treatment which is within the ready reach of all who strive to acquaint themselves with the rudiments of medical science.

In consideration, therefore, of the foregoing facts, we deem it most profitable for our readers that Part Fourth of this volume should be arranged in the following manner: The milder forms of uncomplicated, acute diseases, which may be readily and unmistakably recognized, and successfully managed without professional aid, will receive that attention which is necessary to give the reader a correct idea of them, and their proper remedial treatment.

The disease is supposed to be the same as in the acute form, but milder, and, strange to say, more persistent.

The salt water is not curative, but is milder than simple water, and is, therefore, preferable for cleansing the passages.

The pain varies in intensity, sometimes being very acute, at others assuming a milder form.

Especially is this true in the milder forms of nervous disease, and when great exactness and nicety of application is not so important.

These paroxysms, in the milder form of the disease, are not so severe, and are readily controlled by anodynes.