moderately

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"Beluga males were indeed polygynous, but, surprisingly, only moderately so," said O'Corry-Crowe.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

Let’s say I’m a moderately well-off single taxpayer with an income of $200,000, so I will owe about $37K in taxes.

From Slate • May 11, 2026

BMW said it still expects auto deliveries for the full year to be on par with last year and pretax profit to be moderately lower.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Dan directed a moderately successful sci-fi film several years ago but is now stuck shooting cheesy pop-up ads.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

I was relieved to see the cut-tail had come in moderately sized glasses, with one for Stanchion too.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss