moderate
adjective
kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense.
moderateness
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a word derived from
moderate.
Example Sentences
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That moderateness of temper and that attitude of toleration which characterized the leading men in England had shown themselves at Cambridge, and with a strength that could not be overcome.
From Unitarianism in America by George Willis Cooke
The moderateness of Rupert's words, the coolness of his manner, here brought Tanty rapidly down from her pinnacle of passion.
From The Light of Scarthey by Egerton Castle
This modest order was popular with them because of the moderateness of its cost.
From Saturday's Child by Kathleen Thompson Norris
He spoke of himself as a common noble, and spoke emphatically of the moderateness of his station, perhaps so that others might contradict him, and perhaps so that they might not notice his medium wit.
From The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
I am the Tsar—not you, And I am only piqued in moderateness.
From The Dynasts by Thomas Hardy
