adverb · academic
moderately
UK/ˈmɒdərətli/US/ˈmɑːdərətli/MOD·er·ate·ly
task1
to a medium extent; neither slight nor large
Examples
“The population grew moderately during the 1990s.”
“Energy consumption rose moderately after industrialisation.”
“Prices increased moderately, not causing much concern.”
Band 8 sentence
“While service demand increased moderately, infrastructure investment lagged behind.”
Collocations
- grow moderately / increase moderately
- remain moderately stable
Word family
moderate adjectivemoderately adverbmoderation noun
Common mistakes
moderate increased→moderately increased
increased moderatelyly→increased moderately
Say it for a higher band
5a bit→6fairly→7+moderately
Synonyms
steadily
reasonably
Easily confused
steadily
“The company's output increased steadily over five years.”
gradually
“Electric car adoption grew gradually but consistently.”
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