Positive personality trait
Mellow
Pleasantly gentle, relaxed, or rich in character.
3 ready sentences Updated Run by Adrian Nutiu
What it looks like
- Speaks in an easy, gentle tone that takes the edge off a tense room.
- Enjoys a slow evening, a long talk or quiet music as much as a big night out.
- Takes the heat out of a disagreement by not raising their own.
Fits when a person has a pleasantly gentle and relaxed manner
Not when you mean sleepy, aging, intoxicated, or unwilling to engage
How to say it
Replace the brackets with what the person actually did.
There is no resume line for this one: it is informal, and on paper it can read as low energy. Let a reference describe the easy manner, next to evidence of the work.
Fills [Name] in the reference and the report card comment, ready to copy.
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Reference or recommendation [Name] has a mellow, easy manner that [customers, the kitchen crew or the team] appreciate: on [busy nights or tight deadlines] they kept their voice low and their temper steady, and the people around them followed suit.
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Report card comment [Name] is gentle and easygoing with classmates, and helps keep group work friendly and calm.
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In a story, shown not told His brother had been ranting about the parking ticket since dinner. He let him finish, put on a record, and slid the pie across the table. By the second side they were both laughing about it.
Her mellow voice made the busy kitchen feel less frantic.
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