distemperedly

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English

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Etymology

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From distempered +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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distemperedly (comparative more distemperedly, superlative most distemperedly)

  1. In a distempered manner.
    • 1856, Thomas Cobbet, Gospel Incense Or a Practical Treatise on Prayer, page 296:
      And as other dreams come from the multitude of business, so from such like busyings of the mind, we shall pray but dreamingly and distemperedly.