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Meanings of more abstemious in English

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Usage of more abstemious in English
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JG: We're all much more abstemious with drink than we used to be.
The Guardian
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A more abstemious woman, my lords, I believe does not live.
Trial of Mary Blandy
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But Malcolm refused this refreshment-noman was more abstemious than he.
Herb of Grace
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There is not under the roof of the Tuileries a more abstemious eater or drinker.
Uncle Bernac: A Memory of the Empire
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Then cigars and soda-and-brandy became common and our young friend was not more abstemious than others.
The Duke's Children
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He had already finished one bottle, and listened, pleasantly flushed, to his emphatic and more abstemious chief.
The Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Volume 4
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The restrictions of more abstemious times have relegated the ancient bar to dust, the idle awl to slow-consuming rust.
Two Thousand Miles on an Automobile / Being a Desultory Narrativ...
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Nor was the terrible Barney likely to be more abstemious for signal punishment sustained in a far from bloodless victory.
A Thief in the Night: A Book of Raffles' Adventures
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No man could be more abstemious than Pitt; yet the profusion of his kitchen was a wonder even to epicures.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1
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When on a hunting-excursion, his favourite occupation, the Shah is even more abstemious, going sometimes a whole day without food of any kind.
A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán
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The Normans were a more polished, a more abstemious people; as scribes and architects they were men to whom this district was greatly indebted.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1
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Be more abstemious, or else...
Brave New World
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"It is my one indulgence; in other respects I challenge any man to be more abstemious."
The Flaw in the Sapphire
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