abstemious

• His opinions were as pedantic as his life was abstemious, and no one was permitted to differ from him without being held guilty rather of a crime than of a mistake. —  Caesar: A Sketch
• His character was unimpeachable; he was abstemious, and unless his fiery temper was aroused by the sight of some supposed lack of seamanship on the part of his men or boys, or the idea of imposition on himself or his owner, he might have been considered religious, but never amiable. —  The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century
• I should have told you that my habits are very abstemious, and that I am admirably healthy on a low diet. —  The Romance Of Giovanni Calvotti From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.)
• His habits were regular and abstemious, and his practice in close conformity with the Episcopal church, of which he was a member. —  Oration on the Life and Character of Henry Winter Davis
• The Bania while he is poor is very abstemious, and it is said that on a day when he has made no money he goes supperless to bed. —  The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II

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