Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

temperately

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.18 in modern English

Syllables: tem-per-ate-ly
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a thoughtfully measured or regulated manner, eschewing extremes.

Example Sentences

"My pulse, as yours, doth temperately keep time, / And makes as healthful music: it is not madness"

Etymology

Etymology tree English temperate Middle English -ly English -ly English temperately From temperate + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more temperately (comparative) most temperately (superlative)

Synonyms

abstemiously

Questions

What does temperately mean?: In a thoughtfully measured or regulated manner, eschewing extremes.
Where does temperately come from?: Etymology tree English temperate Middle English -ly English -ly English temperately From temperate + -ly.

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