mild-mannered

Logan was mild-mannered and polite, as a couple they had a typical teenage relationship that outwardly showed no red flags until the end.

Scelzo said Mankiewicz’s father, a mild-mannered man who is usually nothing but sweet, remarked about the Yankees recently: “There’s something about their pinstripes. I just hate them.”

Luther, who has the sinister authority of a mild-mannered Lucifer in a wrinkled suit, makes to leave out of respect for Veronica’s wishes.

Mr Kishida’s mild-mannered style belied the fact that he could also be unpredictable and stubborn.

At the commission’s meeting Thursday, what is usually a mild-mannered monthly session turned tense after military officials rejected the additional monitoring and mitigation, and Space Force officials refused to take questions.