Vestally
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From vestal + -ly.