temperately

The quartet is presented with a pitcher of syrup, which the waiter advises we apply “temperately, but not timidly.”

If it be not kindly, temperately, and thoughtfully conducted, men everywhere will be able to justify their remonstrances.

This ballad (one of the most temperately worded of literary successes) goes on to say that “the effect was great.”

They were given decently, temperately, but not without the proof that force lay behind the commands.

Suppose a house with a great central hall, into which a current of fresh, temperately warmed air is continually pouring.

Yet, I am anxious to talk temperately—and God knows it will require an effort.