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In a moderate manner or degree; to a moderate extent. Each nymph but moderately fair. Waller.

In an immoderate manner; excessively.

Becoming white or whitish; moderately white.

Moving moderately slow, but distinct and flowing; quicker than larghetto, and slower than allegretto. -- n.

Actuated by avarice; greedy of gain; immoderately desirous of accumulating property.

A kind of reddish, moderately acid, winter apple. [U.S.]

To drink greedily or immoderately, esp. alcoholic liquor; to tipple. [Written also bouse, and boose.] Landor. This is better than boozing in public houses. H. R. Haweis.

To drink immoderately; to carouse; to booze. See Booze.

Rather broad; moderately broad.

A variety of chalcedony, of a clear, deep red, flesh red, or reddish white color. It is moderately hard, capable of a good polish, and often used for seals.

Moderately cold; tending to cause shivering; chilly; raw. Noisome winds, and blasting vapors chill. Milton.

Moderately cold; cold and raw or damp so as to cause shivering; causing or feeling a disagreeable sensation of cold, or a shivering.

rk of the shoots of Cinnamomum Zeylanicum, a tree growing in Ceylon. It is aromatic, of a moderately pungent taste, and is one of the best cordial, carminative, and restorative spices.

In a continent manner; chastely; moderately; temperately.

Moderately cold; between warm and cold; lacking in warmth; producing or promoting coolness. Fanned with cool winds. Milton.

A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.

Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist; humid. O'erspread with a damp sweat and holy fear. Dryden.

Moderately damp or moist. -- Damp"ish*ly, adv. -- Damp"ish*ness, n.

Descending gradually; moderately steep; sloping; downhill.

An herb (Peucedanum graveolens), the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, and were formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; -- called also dill-seed. Dr. Prior.