ˈmä-d(ə-)rət-lē
as in pretty
to some degree or extent
it was raining moderately hard outside
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Recent Examples of moderately
The review found people who drank moderately were less likely prematurely from any cause than those who never drank alcohol.
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Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
In 2025 a moderately strong display of Quadrantid meteors is likely for North America, particularly over the western half of the continent.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 2 Jan. 2025
The integrated Intel graphics aren’t going to give you super-smooth frame rates in even moderately demanding games.
—Barry Collins, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
At least 37 people were moderately injured and another 16 were slightly injured, according to a post on the city's Facebook page.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
In 2025 a moderately strong display of Quadrantid meteors is likely for North America, particularly over the western half of the continent.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 2 Jan. 2025
The integrated Intel graphics aren’t going to give you super-smooth frame rates in even moderately demanding games.
—Barry Collins, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
At least 37 people were moderately injured and another 16 were slightly injured, according to a post on the city's Facebook page.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moderately
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The new CPUs, GPUs, and laptops announced at CES this week set the tone for Windows computers in the year to come — and so far, 2025 is looking pretty promising.Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 10 Jan. 2025
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Search is the prize, as should have been pretty clear when Apple went to court to help Google defend its default search spot on a billion iPhones.Zak Doffman, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Given their relatively large populations and rapid rates of growth, enactment of universal ESAs in Texas and Tennessee would result in a significant boost to the number of U.S. households that have school choice.Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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Enthusiasm for tax cuts was relatively restrained even among Republicans: 46% put a higher priority on cutting taxes, and 38% on curbing the deficit.Susan Page, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
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Kulak has gone from someone who wasn’t comfortable enough playing the right side during the playoffs to managing there quite well.Scott Powers, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Spain’s Canary Islands doubles for Nice quite well, and the cinematography from Terry Stacey fills the bill.Pete Hammond, Deadline, 10 Jan. 2025
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In general, the editorial apparatus is fairly minimal.Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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View conflicts as growth opportunities, mediate fairly and focus on solutions.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Fairly decent snow accumulations happening somewhat rapidly.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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That still seems somewhat likely, though hardly a given.Josh Yohe, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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Bronze: Catherine Parenteau Mixed Pro Doubles Recap The new season has given us some new partnerships to watch, but the cream still seems to rise to the top rather frequently in Mixed Doubles on tour.Todd Boss, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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The limited series then won raves upon its primetime broadcast on BBC Four late last year – marking an impressive and rather uncommon coup for non-English language series.Ben Croll, Variety, 13 Jan. 2025
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There were seven head-coaching vacancies in the winter of 2021, and only one team was crazy enough to call Campbell.Zak Keefer, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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All the influences around me pointed to the idea that my natural hair was not good enough.Shani Hillian, Allure, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Moderately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moderately. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
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