ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Chastely

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈt͡ʃeɪst.li/ · Part of speech adverb

Quick meaning: Chastely is an adverb meaning In a chaste manner. (either specifically virginal, or in a modest, unsexy and unrisqué manner).

Meaning

In a chaste manner. (either specifically virginal, or in a modest, unsexy and unrisqué manner).

Example Sentences

Let lasses of a silly mind / Refuse what maist they're wanting / Since we for yielding were designed / We chastely should be granting.
In holy orders no one is better loved than he who lives chastely, because chastity is the first principle for any cleric as well as the foundation of his life.
Of the group, Max (Room’s Jacob Tremblay) is the most nominally mature, at least biologically speaking; unlike his childhood companions, he’s entered the early throes of puberty, and spends a lot of his waking hours pining, rather chastely, for a classmate (Millie Davis).

Synonyms for chastely

Depending on context, synonyms include decently, modestly, morally, becomingly, continently, correctly.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include virtuously, chastly, virginly, vestally, chastenedly, purely.

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