Definitionadj. sparing in consumption of especially food and drink
Last update: April 6, 2016
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Even though Mrs. Washington was a very wealthy woman, she still lived an abstemious life and only spent money on the basic essentials. [adjective]
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Although my husband is normally abstemious with his money, he will buy a ticket to a football game in a minute. [adjective]
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Ram is an abstemious person. [adjective]
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They were a manly breed, abstemious in food and drink, iron-willed, vigorous, and strong. [Please select]
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He was very abstemious in his diet, having to contend with a gouty diathesis. [Please select]
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At this time he was abstemious in eating, wishing to reduce a tendency to corpulence. [Please select]
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No one need go far in search of proofs that this kind of abstemious living is not merely possible, but far less hurtful to health than excess. [adjective]
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The provision which each had made for his refreshment was simple, but the meal of the Saracen was abstemious. [adjective]
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Must be abstemious to sing. [adjective]
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