adv. Obs. Also 4 temperel(l)y. [f. TEMPRE a. + -LY2.] In moderation, temperately.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Shipm. T., 262 (Harl. MS.). Gouerneth ȝow also of your diete Al temperelly [v.rr. temperally (? -atly), atemprely] and namely in þis hete.
1422. trans. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv., 237. Men whych kepyth reysonabill diette and lywen temprely, bene more hole of body. Ibid., 242. Drynke a lytill and colde temprely.
So † Tempreness (tempurnes), temperateness.
1486. Bk. St. Albans, Her., a ij. That other theirde parte of the worlde which shall be calde affrica, that is to say the contre of tempurnes.
