Wordnet 3.0
ADVERB (3)
1.
with restraint;
- Example: "he used the privileges of his office temperately"2.
without extravagance;
- Example: "these preferences are temperately stated"3.
in a sparing manner;
without overindulgence;
- Example: "he ate and drank abstemiously"- Example: "indulged temperately in cocktails"[syn: abstemiously, temperately]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Temperately \Tem"per*ate*ly\, adv.
In a temperate manner.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
temperately
adv 1: with restraint; "he used the privileges of his office
temperately"
2: without extravagance; "these preferences are temperately
stated"
3: in a sparing manner; without overindulgence; "he ate and
drank abstemiously"; "indulged temperately in cocktails"
[syn: abstemiously, temperately]