chastely

English

Etymology

chaste +‎ -ly

Adverb

chastely (comparative more chastely, superlative most chastely)

1. In a chaste manner. (either specifically virginal, or in a modest, unsexy and unrisque 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]:

     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).

Translations

in a chaste manner

• Catalan: castament (ca)
• Czech: cudně
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• French: chastement (fr)
• Italian: castamente (it)

Anagrams

• Atchleys, scathely