Moderate

cool gentle mild steady even temperate balanced reasonable controlled reserved careful cautious pleasant peaceable tranquil tolerant sober measured restrained considered deliberate disciplined modest tame bearable tolerable impartial compromising judicious soft low-key straight untroubled conservative limited abstinent equable dispassionate inconsiderable nonpartisan pacific monotonous neutral middle-of-the-road not excessive midway inexpensive considerate

average medium middling intermediate ordinary so-so mediocre passable indifferent unexceptional mean fairish bland inconsiderable inconsequential trivial trifling paltry piddling fair to middling

control check regulate reduce curb repress constrain subdue tame temper calm soften ease off mitigate relieve diminish lessen decrease decline abate wane slacken subside alleviate assuage appease pacify chasten cool modulate modify relent cool out quiet let up fall tone down meet halfway soft-pedal play down qualify