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# moderately

adverb (moderately)

«moderately» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To a medium amount or degree; fairly but not very: «moderately hot», «moderately difficult». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moderately/#m1)
2. In a sensible, controlled way, not too much: «eat moderately». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moderately/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life: «a moderately priced restaurant». In health lessons: exercise moderately, eat sugar moderately. In science and recipes: «heat moderately» means medium heat. In surveys and grades, «moderately» is the middle step between «slightly» and «very». Phrases: «moderately successful», «moderately difficult», «moderately warm».

### Examples

- The test was moderately difficult. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moderately/#x1)
- Heat the pan moderately, not on full. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moderately/#x2)
- The film was only moderately funny. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moderately/#x3)
- Exercise moderately every day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moderately/#x4)
- It was a moderately warm day, about 18 °C. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moderately/#x5)
- The shoes were moderately priced. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moderately/#x6)
- Our team was moderately successful this season. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moderately/#x7)
- The river was moderately deep, up to my knees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moderately/#x8)
- The Soldier drank, but only moderately, and declined to drink any more. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moderately/#x9)

### Note

Adverb from «moderate» + «-ly». Similar: fairly, reasonably, quite. Opposite ideas: extremely, very, barely. Not a maths word, though in surveys «moderately» is often in the middle of a scale.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «moderately» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/moderately/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«moderately» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/moderately.html) on Mova free.