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Intemperately

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in·tem·per·ate  (n-tmpr-t, -prt)
adj.
Not temperate or moderate; excessive, especially in the use of alcoholic beverages.
in·temper·ate·ly adv.
in·temper·ate·ness n.
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Adv.1.intemperately - indulging excessively; "he drank heavily"
hard, heavily


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Stubb was a high liver; he was somewhat intemperately fond of the whale as a flavorish thing to his palate.
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