abstemious

Why did the mostly abstemious Cher pursue a relationship with a known junkie?

Though the heroes rock vivid, metallic ensembles, villainous Gorr the God Butcher is more abstemious: He wears only a white robe, and all color vanishes from the shadowy realm where he dwells.

I could see making a meal of it some chilly, abstemious night.

Whatever’s abstemious in aristocratic ways of moving gets critiqued through flawless mimicry until it emerges enhanced, almost unrecognizable, suddenly irresistible.

Carter was consistently ethical, abstemious, frugal and ascetic in the White House.