abstemiouslyadv.
/əbˈstiːmɪəsli/, U.S. /æbˈstimiəsli/, /əbˈstimiəsli/ Chiefly with reference to eating and drinking: in an abstemious manner; sparingly, temperately.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > moderation in sensuous gratification > [adverb]
soberly1340
temperatelyc1400
abstemiously1625
1625 P. Heylyn Μικρόκοσμος (rev. ed.) 615 Wine, & swinesflesh are the principall things forbidden by the Alcoran, the last whereof they abstemiously refrain from.
1671 T. Shadwell Humorists ii. 26 Thou seest this Lady is most abstemiously squeamish.
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Spleen If the obstruction of the Spleen proceeds from..having lived a little abstemiously.
1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 358 There are many monastical persons, who live abstemiously all their lives.
1845 Veterinarian Jan. 9 She should..be kept very abstemiously on bran mash or gruel until the pains have subsided.
1868 Defiance (Ohio) Democrat 18 Apr. We might also have uttered a word of admonition to that young lady who invites the abstemiously inclined young man..to drink with her from the sparkling wine-cup.
1923 Sandusky (Ohio) Reg. 17 June Lottie had been raised most abstemiously.
1930 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 2 152 The author generalizes abstemiously but pointedly about the function of war aims in public opinion.
1947 G. J. Nathan Theater Bk. of Year 1947–8 (1975) 69 A ‘Beauty And The Beast’ ballet, abstemiously danced, adds to the evening's malaises.
2004 S. L. Gilman Fat Boys Introd. 13 Luigi Cornaro..lived to be ninety-nine by abstemiously sipping water.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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