abstemiously

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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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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)

He rises early, lives abstemiously and works until far into the night.

From The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, January 9, 1915 What Americans Say to Europe by Various