Associations to the word «Temperately»

Wiktionary

TEMPERATELY, adverb. In a thoughtfully measured or regulated manner, eschewing extremes.

Dictionary definition

TEMPERATELY, adverb. With restraint; "he used the privileges of his office temperately".
TEMPERATELY, adverb. Without extravagance; "these preferences are temperately stated".
TEMPERATELY, adverb. In a sparing manner; without overindulgence; "he ate and drank abstemiously"; "indulged temperately in cocktails".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca