temperate
TEM-per-itadjMeaning moderate; showing self-control and avoiding extremes
Memory hook a TEMPERATURE that’s just right. Nell’s habits are like a mild spring day, never too hot or too cold: one slice of cake, then “No more, thanks.” She is temperate.
Even when the team lost, Coach Ada gave a temperate answer instead of an angry one.
In context Unlike his brother, who ate three desserts and stayed up until dawn, Omar was temperate in all things: one slice of pie, a short walk and early to bed.
Similar moderate, restrained, self-controlled, mild
Opposite excessive, extreme, immoderate
From Latin temperatus, past participle of temperare (to keep within limits, to moderate).