From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Moderately \Mod"er*ate*ly\, adverb In a moderate manner or degree; to a moderate extent.
Each nymph but moderately fair. --Waller.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adverb
1: to a moderately sufficient extent or degree; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers"; "they lived comfortably within reason" [syn: {reasonably}, {within reason}, {somewhat}, {fairly}, {middling}, {passably}] [ant: {unreasonably}, {unreasonably}]
2: in a moderate manner; "he drinks moderately" [syn: {with moderation}] [ant: {immoderately}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
147 Moby Thesaurus words for "moderately": acceptably, adequately, after a fashion, appreciably, at a bargain, at a sacrifice, at any rate, at best, at budget prices, at cost, at cost price, at least, at most, at piggy-bank prices, at prime cost, at reduced rates, at small cost, at the least, at the most, at the outside, at wholesale, at worst, calmly, cautiously, cheap, cheaply, circumspectly, comparatively, composedly, conservatively, coolly, crawlingly, creepingly, decently, deliberately, detectably, dilatorily, dispassionately, easily, equably, evenly, fair to middling, fairishly, fairly, fairly well, falteringly, for a song, for pennies, frugally, gently, haltingly, idly, in a manner, in a way, in balance, in low gear, in march time, in moderation, in part, in reason, in slow motion, in slow tempo, in some measure, incompletely, indifferently, indolently, inexpensively, judiciously, kind of, languidly, languorously, leastwise, leisurely, limpingly, lingeringly, loiteringly, mediocrely, merely, middling well, middlingly, mildly, modestly, more or less, nominally, not comprehensively, not exhaustively, on the cheap, only, part, partially, partly, passably, pokily, pokingly, presentably, pretty, pretty well, pro tanto, prudently, purely, quite, rather, reasonably, relatively, relaxedly, reluctantly, respectably, restrainedly, satisfactorily, serenely, simply, slightly, slow, slowly, sluggishly, so far, so-so, soberly, some, something, somewhat, soothingly, sort of, sparingly, steadily, stintingly, subduedly, tarryingly, temperately, tentatively, thus far, to a degree, to some degree, to some extent, tolerably, tranquilly, under easy sail, unexceptionably, unhurriedly, visibly, well enough, wholesale, with agonizing slowness, with deliberation, within bounds, within compass, within reason
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