abstemiously

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In a viable writer's show like The Odd Couple, Smith abstemiously designs "a set no one will ever notice."

From Time Magazine Archive

The Cardinal lived abstemiously in a top-floor apartment, worked on his memoirs and a history of the Roman Catholic Church in Hungary.

From Time Magazine Archive

There he lived abstemiously, labored industriously, austerely chose himself a Vermont bride.

From Time Magazine Archive

They should live abstemiously, exercise freely, keep the skin active by frequent bathing, the bowels open with fruits, and drink water in large quantities.

From Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity by McCarty, Louis Philippe

They had also a small bottle of wine, which they sipped abstemiously as an excuse to remain after their food had been eaten.

From The Second Latchkey by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)