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moderately

[ mod-er-it-lee, mod-rit-lee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

within reasonable or proper limits; in a way that is not excessive:
Some of the more moderately priced accommodations are quite pleasingly situated.
to an adequate but not great extent:
We’re moderately well compensated at the factory, but it’s not going to make us rich.
to a mediocre degree; fairly; somewhat: moderately chilly temperatures.
moderately competent dancers;
moderately chilly temperatures.

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

As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.

In the era of Tea Party stunts and dramatic fan-based delays, the debate was moderately fussy.

For a mere generation, UK-wide public policy had matched the notion of Scottish egalitarianism, at least moderately.

For diehards of the show, staying abreast of everything that happens to Ted and the gang is moderately difficult.

In America the reasonably well-off and moderately comfortable are the angry masses.

A moderately enlarged testis (probably regressing) was noted in the specimen from Pisté, on July 21.

The finely granular variety is the least significant, and is found when the epithelium is only moderately affected.

The face of the country through this part of Ireland is moderately rolling, though some fair hills appear in the distance.

The coast is moderately high, and, in the interior, some hills of an unusual height for this part of the coast are seen.

As long as he is moderately peaceful and confines his wandering brain to gesticulations and speech, he is let alone by the police.

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