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

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope