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Adverb: temperately  tem-pu-rut-lee
  1. With restraint
    "he used the privileges of his office temperately"
     
  2. Without extravagance
    "these preferences are temperately stated"
     
  3. In a sparing manner; without overindulgence
    "indulged temperately in cocktails"
    - abstemiously

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