单词 | abstinently |
释义 | abstinentlyadv. In an abstinent manner, restrainedly; without self-indulgence. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > moderation in sensuous gratification > [adverb] > abstinently continent1536 continently1554 abstinently1572 1572 J. Higgins Huloets Dict. (rev. ed.) Abstinently, or abstainingly. 1624 J. Donne Deuotions xxiii. 623 O, if thou haddest euer re-admitted Adam into Paradise, how abstinently would hee haue walked by that tree? 1701 R. Steele Christian Hero iv. 84 A noble and Christian Nature..dispenses liberally, and enjoys Abstinently the goods which he knows he may lose and must leave. 1780 S. Johnson Let. 1 May (1992) III. 248 Mr. Thrale never will live abstinently till he can persuade himself to abstain by rule. 1804 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1956) II. 1145 Tho' I am as temperate as a man need be, I no longer live so abstinently as I had done before. 1863 Brit. Jrnl. Homœopathy 21 679 Remain for a few days quietly at home, living as abstinently as possible, and leave it to your active vital force to bring you round. 1912 W. J. Robinson Sexual Probl. To-day 62 Normal men..who are determined to live abstinently..can abstain from sexual intercourse for many years or their lifetime without injury to their health. 1996 Independent (Nexis) 12 Feb. 2 Abstinently sipping water, Talk Radio's programme director is..frank about its launch. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1572 |
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