abstemiously

1. 1.

   in a sparing manner; without overindulgence

   “he ate and drank abstemiously”

   “indulged temperately in cocktails”

   Synonymstemperately

Questions about abstemiously

What does abstemiously mean?

abstemiously means "in a sparing manner; without overindulgence".

How many syllables are in abstemiously?

abstemiously has 5 syllables: ab-ste-mi-ou-sly. The stress falls on "mi".

What is another word for abstemiously?

Close synonyms include temperately. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is abstemiously a common word?

abstemiously is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.