Dear
Mild
Mild adjective - Marked by temperatures that are neither too high nor too low.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Out then spak her father dear, And he spak meek and mild; "And ever alas, sweet Janet," he says, "I think thou gaes wi child."
Source: Law of Inverse Fertility -
Little brother Albedo used to be a rather happy-go-lucky child... with very mild touch of the crazy, only to go off the deep end when he realizes he is immortal while his dear brothers are not.
Source: Video Game / Xenosaga -
These rules could be slightly skirted in film adaptations; for example, they managed to keep the famous line "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn" in Gone with the Wind because the (mild) swearing was in the original novel.
Source: Useful Notes / The Hays Code
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