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intemperately

American  
[in-tem-prit-lee] / ɪnˈtɛm prɪt li /

adverb

  1. in an intemperate or immoderate way; excessively or without restraint, especially with reference to consumption of alcoholic beverages.


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First for overstepping with your post, and next for pushing back, intemperately at that, when they asked you to take it down.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 1, 2023

There she became known as a consensus builder who adhered closely to precedent, wrote narrowly tailored decisions, and refused to join intemperately written opinions.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 1, 2018

Several of the charges that are most often and intemperately made against him are wrong, while the case for his defence or mitigation is sometimes far too routinely dismissed.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 29, 2012

That she likes words intemperately, tells jokes and wears prairie and bordello dresses.

From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2010

I call you to witness, my fellow-countrymen, that at no stage of this terrible business have I judged the purposes of Germany intemperately.

From President Wilson's Addresses by George McLean Harper

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