moderately
Adverb
- to a moderately sufficient extent or degree
- with moderation; in a moderate manner
- "he drinks moderately"
Adv
- In a moderate manner.
- To a moderate extent or degree.
Examples
- During the debate, they disagreed plainly, but moderately.
- They were at least moderately happy with their bonuses.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English moderately, moderatelye, moderatliche, moderatly, modiratli; equivalent to moderate + -ly.
Synonyms
fairly, jolly, middling, passably, pretty, reasonably, somewhat, acceptably, adequately, averagely, halfway, in a way, indifferent, mackly, middlesome, middlingly, moderately, not quite, partially, quite, rather, somewhatly, sufficiently, tolerably
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 16
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