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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King