This adverb expresses measured degree or extent, indicating something done within reasonable limits. In Acts 20:12, it describes the degree of comfort the Ephesian believers experienced when young Eutychus was restored alive after his fatal fall. The multilingual evidence shows interesting variation: Spanish poco (a little), French modérément (moderately), while German simply transliterates the Greek. The classical range includes moderate size, time, or number—all pointing to the middle ground between extremes.