"immoderately" meaning in English

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Adverb

Forms: more immoderately [comparative], most immoderately [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English immoderatliche, inmoderately; equivalent to immoderate + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|immoderatliche}} Middle English immoderatliche, {{suffix|en|immoderate|ly}} immoderate + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} immoderately (comparative more immoderately, superlative most immoderately)
  1. In an immoderate manner. Translations (in an immoderate manner): ἀμέτρως (amétrōs) (Ancient Greek), immoderadament (Catalan), ylenpalttisesti (Finnish), immodérément (French), maßlos (German), mértéktelenül (Hungarian), smodatamente (Italian), bez umiaru (Polish), bez opamiętania (Polish)
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