CHASTELY Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

chastely

adverb

Definition of chastely

as in innocently

with purity of thought and deed for living so chastely Kateri Tekakwitha became known as the "Lily of the Mohawks"

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Recent Examples of chastely Take The Music Lesson, a study of a young woman playing the virginal, closely watched by a gentleman, which Graham-Dixon reads as a depiction of Collegiants chastely performing and singing psalms. — Clare Bucknell, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026

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Adverb

Widowed and nearing 60, Tony enjoys a quiet but contented routine, suddenly injected with anxiety when, during the school day, one of his young pupils innocently notes that his right hand looks frozen.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026
Homer, of course, is perhaps the most lovable dimwit ever created, and his dynamic with Bart — the quick-to-anger suburban dad, the innocently mischievous adolescent son — is pure Americana.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of innocently

Adverb

Adults can receive a $250 ticket for failing to properly restrain a child.

— Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2026
He was accused of not providing food or medications to Maier for multiple days before his death and not properly following the prison's policy for documenting a hunger strike.

— Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of properly

Adverb

Teams that treat it purely as a stunt often don’t, no matter how much reach the content gets.

— Agung Dwi Sandi, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
The double white stripe, purely cosmetic on the 1964 car, now functions as an organizing design element that aligns the windshield-base grille and even continues onto the dashboard.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of purely

Adverb

Some of us virtuously recycle items that will be transported across the world to smother island nations in single-use plastic bags and water bottles, milk jugs, yogurt tubs, pet food and potato chip bags, Styrofoam meat trays, Coke bottles, Amazon mailing envelopes, and fast-food wrappers.

— Caroline Fraser, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
The glorious sweep of progress toward Roman civilization and prosperity means the end of an idyllic, virtuously rustic Golden Age.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025

Definition of virtuously

Adverb

Unfortunately, the results, while splashily entertaining, feel helium-light instead of morally weighty, with each encounter at once high-stakes and emotionally obvious.

— Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2026
Matthew tries to take his son hunting, to which Woody morally objects.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of morally

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