# moderately

> English word · Adverb · frequency rank #13,762

## Definitions
1. In a moderate manner.
2. To a moderate extent or degree.

## Etymology
From Middle English moderately, moderatelye, moderatliche, moderatly, modiratli; equivalent to moderate + -ly.

## Easily confused with
- **moderate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moderate-vs-moderately)

## Common misspellings (15)
`mdoerately`, `mmoderately`, `modderately`, `modeartely`, `moderaetly`, `moderatelly`, `moderatelyy`, `moderateyl`, `moderatley`, `moderattely`, `moderrately`, `modertaely`, `modreately`, `moedrately`, `omderately`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/moderately