metrios describes the measured extent of the comfort reported when the boy is taken home alive.

The lone attested use modifies the extent of the response after the boy is taken home alive, though the translation does not isolate its specific contribution.

1. Measured extent of comfort · dominant

   In Acts 20:12, the adverb occurs in the report that the boy was taken home alive and that those present were comforted. The APB renders the verse, “They took the boy home alive and were greatly comforted,” but its loose wording does not identify a separate English equivalent for the adverb.

   Acts 20:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Acts 20:12, the APB presents the outcome as “were greatly comforted.” Its wording cannot securely be assigned to the adverb alone.