"moderately" meaning in English

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Adverb

Forms: more moderately [comparative], most moderately [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English moderately, moderatelye, moderatliche, moderatly, modiratli; equivalent to moderate + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|moderately}} Middle English moderately, {{af|en|moderate|-ly|id2=adverbial}} moderate + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} moderately (comparative more moderately, superlative most moderately)
  1. In a moderate manner. Translations (in a moderate manner): μετρίως (metríōs) (Ancient Greek), moderadament (Catalan), 温和地 (Chinese Mandarin), mírně (Czech), moderat (Danish), maltillisesti (Finnish), rauhallisesti (Finnish), moderadamente (Galician), moderadamente (Portuguese), moderadamente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-moderately-en-adv-0lzgONid Disambiguation of 'in a moderate manner': 95 5
  2. To a moderate extent or degree. Translations (to a moderate degree): μετρίως (metríōs) (Ancient Greek), moderadament (Catalan), mírně (Czech), středně (Czech), kohtalaisen (Finnish), kohtuullisen (Finnish), kohtalaisesti (Finnish), kohtuullisesti (Finnish), moderadamente (Galician), średnio (Polish), moderadamente (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-moderately-en-adv-8RmbO0Ga Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English positive polarity items, English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of English positive polarity items: 10 90 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 23 76 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 4 96 Disambiguation of 'to a moderate degree': 31 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: intermediate
Synonyms: acceptably, adequately, averagely, fairly, halfway, in a way, indifferent [obsolete], mackly [British, dialectal], moderately, middlesome [rare], middling [British, dialectal], middlingly, not quite, partially, passably, quite, rather, reasonably, somewhat, somewhatly [nonstandard], sufficiently, tolerably [dated]
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to a moderate degree",
      "word": "moderadamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "metríōs",
      "sense": "to a moderate degree",
      "word": "μετρίως"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to a moderate degree",
      "word": "średnio"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to a moderate degree",
      "word": "moderadamente"
    }
  ],
  "word": "moderately"
}

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