abstemious

abstemious is an   Adverb

Definition:

[1] Abstaining from wine. [Orig. Latin sense.] Under his special eye Abstemious I grew up and thrived amain. Milton.

[2] Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions. Instances of longevity are chiefly among the abstemious. Arbuthnot.

[3] Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation; as, an abstemious diet. Gibbon.

[4] Marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious life. "One abstemious day." Pope.

[5] Promotive of abstemiousness. [R.] Such is the virtue of the abstemious well. Dryden.

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