MODERATE

Definitions

1. 1. Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained; as:
2. 2. Limited in quantity; sparing; temperate; frugal; as, moderate in eating or drinking; a moderate table.
3. 3. Limited in degree of activity, energy, or excitement; reasonable; calm; slow; as, moderate language; moderate endeavors.
4. 4. Not extreme in opinion, in partisanship, and the like; as, a moderate Calvinist. A number of moderate members managed ... to obtain a majority in a thin house. Swift.
5. 5. Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle; as, a moderate winter. "Moderate showers." Walter.
6. 6. Limited as to degree of progress; as, to travel at moderate speed.
7. 7. Limited as to the degree in which a quality, principle, or faculty appears; as, an infusion of moderate strength; a man of moderate abilities.
8. 8. Limited in scope or effects; as, a reformation of a moderate kind. Hooker.