moderately

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adverb

In a moderate manner.

“They were at least moderately happy with their bonuses.”

Similar
smallacceptablyadequatelyaveragelyfairlyhalfwayin a wayindifferent
Opposite
almostmostlyslightlyveryimmoderately
OriginMiddle English moderately →
CommonScrabble 16
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Meanings

adverbmoderately (comparative more moderately, superlative most moderately)

comparative more moderately · superlative most moderately

  1. In a moderate manner.

    During the debate, they disagreed plainly, but moderately.

    Synonyms: small

  2. To a moderate extent or degree.

    They were at least moderately happy with their bonuses.

    1 more example

    All in all, Harris staked out a moderately center-left position, not too different from President Biden’s original Build Back Better agenda, which he was able to implement only in part because in an evenly divided Senate, Joe Manchin had an effective veto.

    2024 August 19, Paul Krugman, “Kamalanomics, Revealed: A Solid Center-Left Agenda”, in The New York Times

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbIn a moderate manner.

Similar
small
Similar
acceptablyadequatelyaveragelyfairlyhalfwayin a wayindifferentmacklymiddlesomemiddlingmiddlinglynot quitepartiallypassablyquiteratherreasonablysomewhatsomewhatlysufficientlytolerably
Opposite
almostmostlyslightlyvery

More synonyms by meaning

adverbto certain extent or degree

Similar
reasonablyprettyjollysomewhatfairlymiddlingpassably
Opposite
immoderately

adverbwith moderation; in a moderate manner

Opposite
immoderately
Also see
comme ci comme çacontinentlyfairlyindifferentjollymiddlingpassablyprettyquitereasonablysomewhatso-so

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishmoderately
  2. Englishmoderately

From Middle English moderately, moderatelye, moderatliche, moderatly, modiratli; equivalent to moderate + -ly.

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Translations

Ancient Greek μετρίως, μετρίως
  • μετρίως (metríōs)in a moderate manner
  • μετρίως (metríōs)to a moderate degree
Catalan moderadament, moderadament
  • moderadamentin a moderate manner
  • moderadamentto a moderate degree
Chinese Mandarin 温和地
  • 温和地in a moderate manner
Czech mírně, mírně
  • mírněin a moderate manner
  • mírněto a moderate degree
  • středněto a moderate degree
Danish moderat
  • moderatin a moderate manner
Finnish maltillisesti, rauhallisesti
  • maltillisestiin a moderate manner
  • rauhallisestiin a moderate manner
  • kohtalaisento a moderate degree
  • kohtuullisento a moderate degree
  • kohtalaisestito a moderate degree
  • kohtuullisestito a moderate degree
Polish średnio
  • średnioto a moderate degree
Portuguese moderadamente, moderadamente
  • moderadamentein a moderate manner
  • moderadamenteto a moderate degree
Russian уме́ренно
  • уме́ренно (umérenno)in a moderate manner
Spanish moderadamente
  • moderadamentein a moderate manner
Ukrainian помі́рно
  • помі́рно (pomírno)in a moderate manner
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APA

moderately. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moderately

MLA

“moderately.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moderately. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moderately,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moderately.

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