moderately

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moderately

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From Middle English moderately, moderatelye, moderatliche, moderatly, modiratli; equivalent to moderate + -ly.

adverb more moderately · most moderately

  1. In a moderate manner. During the debate, they disagreed plainly, but moderately.

    Similar: small

  2. To a moderate extent or degree. They were at least moderately happy with their bonuses.

Similar: acceptably, adequately, averagely, fairly, halfway, in a way, indifferent, mackly, moderately, middlesome, middling, middlingly, not quite, partially, passably, quite, rather, reasonably, somewhat, somewhatly, sufficiently, tolerably · Opposite: almost, mostly, slightly, very

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Closest in meaning: somewhat, fairly, reasonably, passably, middling, with moderation, within reason, mildly, marginally, gently, little, sparingly, slightly, lightly, modestly, cautiously

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adv in a moderate manner

Españolmoderadamente
中文温和地
Portuguêsmoderadamente
Русскийуме́ренно umérenno

adv to a moderate degree

Portuguêsmoderadamente

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@misc{moderately_2026,
  title = {moderately},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/moderately},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}