Definition of "temperately" [tem•per•ate•ly]

• In a thoughtfully measured or regulated manner, eschewing extremes. (adverb)

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• "When Maximin temperately urged the contrary practice of nations, he was still more confounded to find that the resolutions of the"
• "Socrates says that a man should have so much property as will enable him to live temperately, which is only a way of saying"
• "But this very genuine appreciation didn't prevent his finding her at close quarters what Anna-Rose, greatly chastened, now only called temperately "a little much," and the result was a really frantic hurrying on of the work."