English

abstinently

From abstinent + -ly.

A compound of abstinent + -ly

Proto-Indo-European *ten- ‘to stretch, extend’

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Latin abstineō ‘abstain’

Latin abstinēns ‘abstaining’

Old French abstinent

Middle English abstinent

Today it means

adv With abstinence.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / abstinently