deu: enthaltsam

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Meaning
means	(adjective) self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink; "not totally abstinent but abstemious" abstentious, abstinent
means	(adjective) practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence" spartan, ascetical, ascetic, austere
means	(adverb) in an ascetic manner; "she lived ascetically in a small house all by herself" ascetically
means	(adverb) in a sparing manner; without overindulgence; "he ate and drank abstemiously"; "indulged temperately in cocktails" temperately, abstemiously