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moderately

Adverb

Meaning

In a moderate manner or degree; to a moderate extent.

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They say it is better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable, but how about a compromise like moderately rich and just moody? Diana, Princess of Wales

Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act. Truman Capote

It is safest to be moderately base - to be flexible in shame, and to be always ready for what is generous, good, and just, when anything is to be gained by virtue. Sydney Smith

I have lived carefully, sheltered myself from the cold winds, eaten moderately of what was in season, drunk fine claret, slept in my own sheets; I shall live long. Evelyn Waugh

No animal, according to the rules of animal etiquette, is ever expected to do anything strenuous, or heroic, or even moderately active during the off-season of winter. Kenneth Grahame

But the Progressive Conservative is very definitely liberal Republican. These are people who are moderately conservative on economic matters, and in the past have been moderately liberal, even sometimes quite liberal on social policy matters. Stephen Harper

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