abstinently

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English

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Etymology

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From abstinent +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈæb.stɪ.nn̩t.li/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈæb.stə.nn̩t.li/
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Adverb

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abstinently (comparative more abstinently, superlative most abstinently)

  1. With abstinence. [First attested in the late 16th century.][1]

References

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  1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abstinently”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10.