† attemperatelyadv.
Obsolete.
Temperately, with moderation; suitably, properly.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adverb] > in a proportionate manner/with due proportion
evena1200
proportionally1389
attemperatelyc1420
measurably1423
proportionablyc1443
proportionly1469
proportionatelyc1487
proportionable1600
commensurably1652
commensuratelya1680
answerably1713
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > [adverb]
methelyeOE
methefully?c1225
measurelyc1350
temprelyc1386
moderatelya1398
attemperately1525
temperately1525
modestlyc1550
castigately1707
soberly1849
chastenedly1873
c1420 Pallad. on Husb. ii. 159 Now spek of goode lande..As welny rare attemporauntly mete.
1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. xliv. 143 He spake so attemperatly, and so good Frensshe.
c1547 Duke of Somerset in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) 736/1 We do study to do al things attemperatly.
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