abstemiously
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
abstemious + -ly
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
abstemiously (comparative more abstemiously, superlative most abstemiously)
- Marked by abstinence or restraint, especially in relation to food or drink. [First attested in the early 18th century.][1]
- He lived abstemiously for his entire life, eschewing pleasure for purity.
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References[edit]
- ^ 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 9:
