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vestally

vestally adverb: in a vestal manner; purely; chastely.

Adverb

vestally (comparative more vestally, superlative most vestally)

  1. In a vestal manner; purely; chastely.
    • But we do know that she, though not vestally inclined, as we shall see, remained unmarried until 1582, and that then the woman of twenty-six took to husband the boy of eighteen.1865, Richard Grant White, Memoirs of the Life of William Shakespeare

Forms of vestally

comparativemore vestally
superlativemost vestally

Origin of vestally

From vestal + -ly.

Questions about vestally

What does vestally mean?
Vestally means in a vestal manner; purely; chastely.
What part of speech is vestally?
Vestally is an adverb.

Words near vestally in the dictionary

  1. vestal
  2. vestal virgin
  3. vestal virgins
  4. Vestalia
  5. Vestalian
  6. vestally
  7. vestals
  8. vestalship
  9. vestan
  10. vestas
  11. Vestavia

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