within bounds
adverb
Roget 174:
moderately
etc.
adj.;
gingerly;
piano;
under easy sail,
at half speed;
within bounds,
within compass;
in reason.
Roget 32:
to a small extent
[in a small degree],
on a small scale;
a little bit,
a wee bit;
slightly
etc.
adj.;
imperceptibly;
miserably,
wretchedly;
insufficiently
etc.
640;
imperfectly;
faintly
etc.
160;
passably,
pretty well,
well enough.
[in a certain or limited degree]
partially,
in part;
in a certain degree,
to a certain degree;
to a certain extent;
comparatively;
some,
rather in some degree,
in some measure;
something,
somewhat;
simply,
only,
purely,
merely;
at least,
at the least,
at most,
at the most;
ever so little,
as little as may be,
tant soit peu [Fr.],
in ever so small a degree;
thus far,
pro tanto [It],
within bounds,
in a manner,
after a fashion,
so to speak.
almost,
nearly,
well-nigh,
short of,
not quite,
all but;
near upon,
close upon;
peu s'en faut [Fr.],
near the mark;
within an ace of,
within an inch of;
on the brink of;
scarcely,
hardly,
barely,
only just,
no more than.
about
[in an uncertain degree],
thereabouts,
somewhere about,
nearly,
say;
be the same,
be little more or less.
no ways
[in no degree],
no way,
no wise;
not at all,
not in the least,
not a bit,
not a bit of it,
not a whit,
not a jot,
not a shadow;
in no wise,
in no respect;
by no means,
by no manner of means;
on no account,
at no hand.
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Moby thesaurus: analytically, calmly, composedly, conservatively, coolly, dispassionately, equably, evenly, frugally, in all conscience, in all reason, in balance, in moderation, in reason, judiciously, logically, moderately, prudently, rationally, reasonably, restrainedly, sanely, sensibly, serenely, soberly, soothingly, soundly, sparingly, steadily, stintingly, subduedly, syllogistically, temperately, tranquilly, within compass, within reason, within reasonable limitations ... show more.
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