chastely

English

Etymology

From Middle English chasteliche, chastliche, chastely; equivalent to chaste +‎ -ly.

Adverb

chastely (comparative more chastely, superlative most chastely)

1. In a chaste manner. (either specifically virginal, or in a modest, unsexy and unrisqué manner)
   • 1808, Allan Ramsay, The gentle shepher:

     Let lasses of a silly mind / Refuse what maist they're wanting / Since we for yielding were designed / We chastely should be granting.

   • 2004, Theo Clemens, Wim Janse, The Pastor Bonus:

     In holy orders no one is better loved than he who lives chastely, because chastity is the first principle for any cleric as well as the foundation of his life.

   • 2019 August 14, A. A. Dowd, “Good Boys Puts a Tween Spin on the R-rated Teen Comedy, to Mostly Funny Effect”, in The A.V. Club‎^[1], archived from the original on 4 March 2021:

     Of the group, Max (Room’s Jacob Tremblay) is the most nominally mature, at least biologically speaking; unlike his childhood companions, he’s entered the early throes of puberty, and spends a lot of his waking hours pining, rather chastely, for a classmate (Millie Davis).

Derived terms

• unchastely

 

Translations

in a chaste manner

• Catalan: castament (ca)
• Czech: cudně
• Finnish: siveellisesti (fi)
• French: chastement (fr)
• Italian: castamente (it)
• Polish: cnotliwie (pl)
• Russian: целому́дренно (ru) (celomúdrenno)

Anagrams

• Atchleys, hyclates, scathely