Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adv. With abstinence.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In an abstinent manner; with abstinence.
Etymologies
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abstinent + -ly
Examples
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'Mr. Thrale never will live abstinently, till he can persuade himself to live by rule [1307].
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The "herbivores" - a trend in Japan of men who live abstinently and take women as friends instead of lovers - is often trotted out in articles about the fall of masculinity, the subtext being that once guys start to be emotionally nuanced part-time househusbands, they will no longer possess a primal drive for sex.
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Paradise, how abstinently would he have walked by that tree!
Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions Together with Death's Duel
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