μετρίως (μέτριος), adverb (from Herodotus down); a. in due measure. b. moderately: οὐ μετρίως (A. V. not a little), exceedingly (Plutarch, Flam. 9, et al.), Act_20:12.

μετρίως metriōs 1x moderately; slightly; οὐ μετρίως no little, not a little, much, greatly, Act_20:12

** μετρίως , adv. (μέτριος , moderate), [in LXX : 2Ma_15:38 * ;] moderately: litotes, οὐ μ ., exceedingly , Act_20:12 .†

μετρίως [page 406] This NT ἅπ . εἰρ . ( Act_20:12 , cf. 2Ma_15:38 ) may be cited from P Par 46 .5 (B.C. 153) (= Witkowski .2 , p. 86) εἰ ἔρρωσαι . . . εἴη ἄν ὡς βούλομαι , καὶ αὐτὸς δὲ μετ̣ρίως ἐπ [α ]ρ [κῶ , P Ryl II. 150 .9 (A.D. 40) ὕβρισεν οὐ μετρίως , P Tor I. 2 .4 (ἠ )δικημένος οὐ μετρίως καὶ κινδυνεύων τῶν ἰδίων στερηθῆναι , and the touching letter of a slave to her master, P Giss I. 17 .5 (time of Hadrian) (= Chrest. I. p. 566 ) ἠγωνίασα , κύριε , οὐ μετρίως , ἵνα ἀκούσω ὅτι ἐνωθρεύσας , I was distressed in no small measure, on hearing that you were sick. For the adj. see P Oxy VIII. 1117 .19 ( c. A.D. 178). μέτρια κεκτήμεθα ἐξ ὧν καὶ μόλις ζῶμεν , and ib I. 120 .7 (iv/A.D.) μετρίων γὰρ καὶ δυστυχῶν γένεσιν αἴχοντες οὐδὲ οὕτω αἱαυτοῖς προσαίχομεν , we fail to realize the inferiority and wretchedness to which we are born (Edd.). Ramsay ( Luke , p. 360) quotes from a iv/A.D. . Lycaonian inscr. μετρίων χηρῶν , virtuous widows. The subst. μετριότης is found in P Oxy VIII. 1121 .9 (A.D. 295), where a daughter declares that she has nursed her sick mother κατὰ τὴν ἐμαυτῆς μετριότητα , in the goodness of my heart (Ed.). For a different usage cp. P 3, II (ed. J. Maspero : cited in PSI V. p. 9) κατὰ τὸν δυνατὸν τρόπον τῆς ἐμῆς μετριότητος , within the possible limits of my modest means.

μετρίως adv. (μέτριος, moderate), [in LXX: 2Ma.15:1-39 * ;] moderately: litotes, οὐ μ., exceedingly, Act.20:12.† (AS)