adv. [f. ABSTINENT + -LY2.] In an abstinent manner, with abstinence.
1626. Donne, Devotions, 582. O if thou hadst euer re-admitted Adam into Paradise, how abstinently would he haue walked by that tree.
1788. Johnson, Lett., 230. II. 109. Mr. Thrale never will live abstinently till he can persuade himself to abstain by rule.
