temperately

English

Etymology tree

English temperate

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English temperately

From temperate + -ly.

temperately (comparative more temperately, superlative most temperately)

In a thoughtfully measured or regulated manner, eschewing extremes.
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:
  My pulse, as yours, doth temperately keep time, / And makes as healthful music: it is not madness

1. In a thoughtfully measured or regulated manner, eschewing extremes.