vestally en · ADV
Etymology
From vestal + -ly.
Meanings
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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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most vestally | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more vestally | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |