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attemperly

attemperly adverb: temperately.

Adverb

attemperly (comparative more attemperly, superlative most attemperly)

  1. (obsolete) temperately
    • Notheles he shall sytte thareyn, to his body be moyst of the bathe, and water be cast on hym ofte sithes attemperly, and all so sone as he wille.1898, “Of ordinance of stuynge”, in Robert Steele, editor, Three Prose Versions of the Secreta Secretorum, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, page 83
    • Wherefore she did them to eat thus attemperly.1899, William Morris, transl., The History of Over Sea, Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, page 45

Forms of attemperly

comparativemore attemperly
superlativemost attemperly

Origin of attemperly

From attemper + -ly.

Questions about attemperly

What does attemperly mean?
Attemperly means temperately.
What part of speech is attemperly?
Attemperly is an adverb.

Words near attemperly in the dictionary

  1. attemperator
  2. attemperators
  3. attempered
  4. attempereth
  5. attempering
  6. attemperly
  7. attemperment
  8. attempers
  9. attempre
  10. attempres
  11. attempring

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