ˈmä-d(ə-)rət-lē
as in pretty
to some degree or extent
it was raining moderately hard outside
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Recent Examples of moderately
Start perennial herbs with a moderately slow growth rate, such as chives, oregano, sage, and thyme indoors 8 to 10 weeks before your average last frost date.
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Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Feb. 2026
The still-nearly-full moon will cross in front of and eclipsing the moderately bright star Regulus.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026
Use open shelving moderately and have a plan for styling them.
—Jane Kim, The Spruce, 29 Jan. 2026
My forecast is that small business earnings will grow moderately but not as fast as the overall economy.
—Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
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Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Feb. 2026
The still-nearly-full moon will cross in front of and eclipsing the moderately bright star Regulus.
—Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026
Use open shelving moderately and have a plan for styling them.
—Jane Kim, The Spruce, 29 Jan. 2026
My forecast is that small business earnings will grow moderately but not as fast as the overall economy.
—Bill Conerly, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for moderately
Adverb
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Feltner’s routine was pretty simple.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
12 Feb. 2026
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Alex and Ashley In the pods, Ashley and Alex fell in love with each other pretty much without conflict.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Some economists suggested last week's rise could be statistical noise, and the total number remains relatively low compared with history.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Feb. 2026
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One is that Venus is relatively large (almost the same size as Earth) for a rocky planet as well as relatively close to the Sun; in terms of the total amount of solar radiation incident on its surface, only Jupiter receives more.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The answer, quite straightforwardly, is no.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Feb. 2026
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The Oscar-winning British filmmaker crafts a sumptuous bad romance that’s quite haughty, darkly hilarious and ultimately heartfelt.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
10 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Zurek’s key idea about how this transition occurs, called decoherence, is fairly well established.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
13 Feb. 2026
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Cooligan is a home-school student but his transition to high school competition was fairly seamless.—
Steve Gorches,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Maye’s numbers improved somewhat in the second half but not nearly enough to prevent the Seahawks from claiming a 29-13 victory.—
Chuck Schilken,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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To craft the Super Bowl campaign, Anthropic worked with the indie British ad agency Mother, which has somewhat ironically positioned itself as a deeply human creative agency in the age of AI.—
Julia Black,
Vanity Fair,
8 Feb. 2026
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For another, this drubbing, unlike many previous ones, was triggered not by fears of a bubble but rather concern that AI is on the verge of supplanting the business models of a wide swathe of companies that doomsayers have long predicted were at risk.—
Brody Ford,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
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According to this idea, although these objects may look like supersize red stars, their shine is powered not by standard stellar thermonuclear fusion but rather by the relentless funneling of burning-hot plasma into the insatiable maw of a snowballing black hole.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
5 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Mad enough to take to the streets and do something about it?—
Omar L. Gallaga,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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And the Toronto Maple Leafs have been closer to the bottom than the top, but aren’t going to get close enough.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Moderately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moderately. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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