chastely

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈtʃeɪstli/ UK /ˈtʃeɪstli/ See IPA manual

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Meanings

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adv
in a pure, modest, or restrained manner

He kissed her chastely on the forehead and departed.

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1 adv · in a pure, modest, or... purely modestly virtuously decently innocently

Opposites

lewdlywantonlyimpurely

Word family

Related forms chaste chastity chasteness

Etymology

From chaste + -ly. Chaste is from Old French chaste, from Latin castus ('pure, undefiled').

castus Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

# chastely

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** ˈtʃeɪstli
**IPA (UK):** ˈtʃeɪstli

## Meanings
1. in a pure, modest, or restrained manner

## Examples
- He kissed her chastely on the forehead and departed.

## Synonyms
- purely
- modestly
- virtuously
- decently
- innocently

## Antonyms
- lewdly
- wantonly
- impurely

## Related Forms
- chaste
- chastity
- chasteness

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: castus

## Etymology
From chaste + -ly. Chaste is from Old French chaste, from Latin castus ('pure, undefiled').

## AI Etymology
Chastely is from chaste + -ly. Chaste is from Old French chaste, from Latin castus ('pure, undefiled'). Important recorded forms include castus (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers in a pure, modest, or restrained manner. The wider family includes related words such as chaste, chastity, and chasteness.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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