Definition of "temperately"

temperately

adverb
comparative more temperately, superlative most temperately
1. In a thoughtfully measured or regulated manner, eschewing extremes.
  Quotations
  My pulse, as yours, doth temperately keep time, / And makes as healthful music: it is not madness
  c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act III, scene iv]