vestally

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English

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Etymology

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vestal +‎ -ly

Adverb

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vestally (comparative more vestally, superlative most vestally)

  1. In a vestal manner; purely; chastely.
    • 1865, Richard Grant White, Memoirs of the Life of William Shakespeare:
      But we do know that she, though not vestally inclined, as we shall see, remained unmarried until 1582, and that then the woman of twenty-six took to husband the boy of eighteen.