moderately
part of speech
adverb (moderately)
meaning for a pupil
1) To a medium amount or degree; fairly but not very: «moderately hot», «moderately difficult». tree →
2) In a sensible, controlled way, not too much: «eat moderately». tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life: «a moderately priced restaurant». In health lessons: exercise moderately, eat sugar moderately. In science and recipes: «heat moderately» means medium heat. In surveys and grades, «moderately» is the middle step between «slightly» and «very». Phrases: «moderately successful», «moderately difficult», «moderately warm».
examples
- The test was moderately difficult. tree →
- Heat the pan moderately, not on full. tree →
- The film was only moderately funny. tree →
- Exercise moderately every day. tree →
- It was a moderately warm day, about 18 °C. tree →
- The shoes were moderately priced. tree →
- Our team was moderately successful this season. tree →
- The river was moderately deep, up to my knees. tree →
- The Soldier drank, but only moderately, and declined to drink any more. tree →
note
Adverb from «moderate» + «-ly». Similar: fairly, reasonably, quite. Opposite ideas: extremely, very, barely. Not a maths word, though in surveys «moderately» is often in the middle of a scale.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «moderately» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.