Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

moderately

/mˈɑdɚətli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.56 in modern English

Syllables: mod-er-ate-ly
IPA: /mˈɑdɚətli/

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a moderate manner.

adv

To a moderate extent or degree.

Example Sentences

"During the debate, they disagreed plainly, but moderately."
"They were at least moderately happy with their bonuses."
"All in all, Harris staked out a moderately center-left position, not too different from President Biden’s original Build Back Better agenda, which he was able to implement only in part because in an evenly divided Senate, Joe Manchin had an effective veto."

Etymology

From Middle English moderately, moderatelye, moderatliche, moderatly, modiratli; equivalent to moderate + -ly.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: moderately

Inflected Forms

more moderately (comparative) most moderately (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

intermediate

Synonyms

small acceptably adequately averagely fairly halfway in a way indifferent mackly moderately middlesome middling

Antonyms

almost mostly slightly very

Questions

How do you pronounce moderately?: The recorded pronunciation is /mˈɑdɚətli/.
What does moderately mean?: In a moderate manner.
Where does moderately come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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