English Explanatory Dictionary

chastely

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈt͡ʃeɪst.li/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chastely.wav

Word forms

chastely more chastely most chastely

Etymology

From Middle English chasteliche, chastliche, chastely; equivalent to chaste + -ly.

Synonyms

decently modestly morally becomingly chastely continently correctly decorously deservingly dutifully duteously meritoriously nobly rightly right-mindedly righteously virtuously worthily

Derived words

unchastely
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