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chastely, adv.|ˈtʃeɪstlɪ|
[f. chaste a. + -ly2.]
1. In a chaste manner; purely, continently.
1340Ayenb. 225 He ssel him loki chastliche ase longe ase he is ine þe stat of wodewehod. c1450Crt. of Love 1117 Chastely to keepe us out of loves grace. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 100 Yf yu lyue here religyously & chastly in soule & body. 1607Shakes. Cor. v. ii. 27 Though it were as vertuous to lye, as to liue chastly. 1796Burke Regic. Peace (R.) That fire of jealousy eternally and chastely burning. 1812Byron Ch. Har. i. lxxxiii, Her [Philosophy's] chastely-awful eyes. 1885Law Times Rep. LIII. 306/1 An implied condition that the parties should live chastely.
2. In chaste style or taste (see chaste a. 8).
1815Scribbleomania 160 His prose chastely flowing. 1870Hawthorne Eng. Note-bks. (1879) II. 886 Richly and chastely colored glass. 1879D. J. Hill Bryant 171 The style, always pure, clear, and forcible, and often chastely elegant. |