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Abstemious

  1. adjective

    sparing in consumption of especially food and drink; - John Galsworthy

    “the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious”

  2. adjective

    marked by temperance in indulgence

    “abstemious with the use of adverbs”

    Similar: light

Word family

abstemiousness · abstemiously

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