moderately

adverb

mod·​er·​ate·​ly

ˈmä-d(ə-)rət-lē

: in a moderate manner

lived moderately

a moderately priced car [=a car that is not too expensive]

: to a moderate degree or extent : rather, fairly

a moderately hot day

a moderately effective treatment

Synonyms

• enough
• fairly
• kind of
• kindly [chiefly Southern]
• like
• more or less
• pretty
• quite
• rather
• relatively
• something
• somewhat
• sort of

Examples of moderately in a Sentence

it was raining moderately hard outside

Recent Examples on the Web

In fact, too much complexity is less likely to give that feeling of groove than a moderately complex rhythm. —Eva Amsen, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025

Kiwi One study found that adults with moderately elevated blood pressure improved after eating kiwi. —Lindsey Desoto, Verywell Health, 29 May 2025

Across all studies, participants rated each item on the standard six-point scale: 1 = not like me at all, 2 = not like me, 3 = a little like me, 4 = moderately like me, 5 = like me and 6 = very much like me. —Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025

Those days are mostly gone now (except perhaps at Apple TV+, which continues to leverage its parent company's deep pockets to throw gobs of money at any actor or IP with a moderately recognizable name). —Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 28 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for moderately

• immoderately