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English
Etymology
abstemious + -ly
Pronunciation
Adverb
abstemiously (comparative more abstemiously, superlative most abstemiously)
- Marked by abstinence or restraint, especially in relation to food or drink.
He lived abstemiously for his entire life, eschewing pleasure for purity.
References
- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abstemiously”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.