moderately

American  

[mod-er-it-lee, mod-rit-lee] / ˈmɒd ər ɪt li, ˈmɒd rɪt li /

adverb

1. within reasonable or proper limits; in a way that is not excessive.

   Some of the more moderately priced accommodations are quite pleasingly situated.

2. to an adequate but not great extent.

   We’re moderately well compensated at the factory, but it’s not going to make us rich.

3. to a mediocre degree; fairly; somewhat: moderately chilly temperatures.

   moderately competent dancers;

   moderately chilly temperatures.

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Etymology

Origin of moderately

First recorded in 1350–1400; late Middle English moderatliche, moderatly; moderate ( def. ) + -ly ( def. )

Example Sentences

Moderately productive stands were found to perform the best with 80-year rotations and two low-intensity thinning treatments between harvests, she added.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2023

But in the Moderately Large House in East Lansing, Washington showed that last year’s 39-28 win over Michigan State in Seattle, in which they led 29-8 at halftime, was a precursor, not an aberration.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 16, 2023

The ordinance they championed was called the Moderately Priced Dwelling Unit program.

From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2023

All claimed concern for affordable housing, but none mentioned the county’s Moderately Priced Dwelling Unit program, born out of a 1973 ordinance and a national model of what is now called inclusionary zoning.

From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 2022

Moderately heavy dermal fold from posterior corner of eye above tympanum to point above insertion of forelimb, covering upper edge of tympanum; tympanum round, its diameter slightly more than its distance from eye.

From A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus Ptychohyla by Duellman, William E.

Related Words

• a little
• fairly
• quite
• rather
• reasonably
• slightly
• somewhat