Meaning & use
moderately
To a reasonable or middling degree, neither excessively nor insufficiently.
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The soup was moderately spicy, enough to notice but not enough to overwhelm the flavor.
Sales grew moderately last quarter, without the sharp jump investors had hoped for.
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Moderately softens the adjective or verb that follows, indicating a middle ground rather than an extreme.
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