Associations to the word «Temperately»

Wiktionary

TEMPERATELY, adverb. In a thoughtfully measured or regulated manner, eschewing extremes.

Dictionary definition

TEMPERATELY, adverb. With restraint; "he used the privileges of his office temperately".
TEMPERATELY, adverb. Without extravagance; "these preferences are temperately stated".
TEMPERATELY, adverb. In a sparing manner; without overindulgence; "he ate and drank abstemiously"; "indulged temperately in cocktails".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats