adverb
- in a way that involves restraining oneself from indulging in something, especially food, drink, or pleasure
Usage: formal
Examples
- He lived abstinently, avoiding all luxuries and pleasures.
- She ate abstinently during Lent, giving up sweets and rich foods.
- The monks lived abstinently in their simple monastery.
- He abstinently refused the offered wine at dinner.
- They practiced abstinently, limiting their material possessions.
- She abstinently avoided social media during her studies.