abstinent
adjective
practicing abstinence; refraining from any indulgence of a particular appetite, impulse, or desire, as from alcohol, sexual activity, social media, etc..
abstinently
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a word derived from
abstinent.
Example Sentences
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O, if thou hadst ever readmitted Adam into Paradise, how abstinently would he have walked by that tree!
From Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions Together with Death's Duel by John Donne
