moderately
Americanadverb
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within reasonable or proper limits; in a way that is not excessive.
Some of the more moderately priced accommodations are quite pleasingly situated.
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to an adequate but not great extent.
We’re moderately well compensated at the factory, but it’s not going to make us rich.
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to a mediocre degree; fairly; somewhat: moderately chilly temperatures.
moderately competent dancers;
moderately chilly temperatures.
Etymology
Origin of moderately
First recorded in 1350–1400; late Middle English moderatliche, moderatly; moderate ( def. ) + -ly ( def. )
Example Sentences
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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
“Do the minimum effective dose. Moderately challenging should be enough to set you on a course of regaining fitness. Don’t try to go from zero to 60 in terms of ramping up too soon.”
From Washington Post • Aug. 9, 2022
But the shape of the Milkshake Duck saga is all too familiar to anyone who is Extremely, or even Moderately, Online.
From Slate • Aug. 11, 2019
Moderately strong, freshly made tea or coffee may be consumed in reasonable quantity.
From Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia Their Causes, Symptoms, & Treatment by Briggs, Isaac George
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