† aˈttemperately, adv. Obs.
Also 5 -oraunt-, 5–6 -atly.
[f. attemperate a. + -ly2.]
Temperately, with moderation; suitably, properly.
| c 1420 Pallad. on Husb. ii. 159 Now spek of goode lande..As welny rare attemporauntly mete. 1525 Ld. Berners Froiss. II. xliv. 143 He spake so attemperatly, and so good Frensshe. a 1551 Duke of Somerset in Foxe A. & M. 736/1 We do study to do al things attemperatly. |