distemperedly

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

distempered +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

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.