moderate vs extreme
Definitions
verb
- make less strong or intense; soften
- make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else
- preside over
- make less severe or harsh
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
noun
- a person who takes a position in the political center
adjective
- not extreme
- being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme
- marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes
Examples
The beak is smoth, black, convex and cultrated; one and 1/8 inches from the point to the opening of the chaps and 3/4 only uncovered with feathers; the upper chap exceeds the other a little in length. a few small black hairs garnish the sides of the base of the upper chap. the eye is of a uniform deep sea green or black, moderately large. it's legs feet and tallons are white; the legs are an inch and a 1/4 in length and smoth; four toes on each foot, of which that in front is the same length with the leg including the length of the tallon, which is 4 lines; the three remaining toes are
Traditional methods for liquid or semiliquid fecal incontinence management, such as the use of absorbent briefs/pads, skin cleansers, and moisturizers, are only moderately successful in alleviating the consequences of fecal incontinence.
KING: How do you react to the fact, we'll get to "Apollo 13" and lots of other things, that people looked at it from their point of view, liberals saw it as liberal, conservatives saw it conservative, moderates saw it as moderate, some people saw it as apolitical, antipolitical.
Definitions
adjective
- beyond a norm in views or actions
- most distant in any direction
- far beyond a norm in quantity or amount or degree; to an utmost degree
- of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity
noun
- the furthest or highest degree of something
- the point located farthest from the middle of something
Examples
Unless the radar signal is normal to some surface (extremely low probability) the radar receives no return.
I think it's certainly quite a lot of the comedy that I've been involved in is quite extreme, if you like, and the extremity is part of what's funny about it.
I play the piano, so it is natural for me to think ‘harmonically’ a lot of the time (one can hear harmonies instantly on a piano; also mainstream jazz is extremely harmony driven).
