Temperately

tem·per·ate  (tmpr-t, tmprt)

adj.

1. Exercising moderation and self-restraint: learned to be temperate in eating and drinking.

2. Moderate in degree or quality; restrained: temperate criticism.

3. Characterized by moderate temperatures, weather, or climate; neither hot nor cold.

4. Biology Of or relating to a virus that infects bacterial cells but rarely causes lysis: temperate bacteriophages.

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[Middle English temperat, from Latin tempertus, from past participle of temperre, to temper; see temper.]

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temper·ate·ly adv.

temper·ate·ness n.

Thesaurus

Adv.	1.	temperately - with restraint; "he used the privileges of his office temperately"
	2.	temperately - without extravagance; "these preferences are temperately stated"
	3.	temperately - in a sparing manner; without overindulgence; "he ate and drank abstemiously"; "indulged temperately in cocktails" abstemiously