chastely
/ˈt͡ʃeɪst.li/adverb
chastely is an adverb meaning “In a chaste manner. (either specifically virginal, or in a modest, unsexy and unrisqué manner)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-H-A-S-T-E-L-Y, and it appears about once in every 28 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does chastely mean?
adverb
- 1
In a chaste manner. (either specifically virginal, or in a modest, unsexy and unrisqué manner)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce chastely?
- /ˈt͡ʃeɪst.li/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-chastely.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of chastely
- more chastely comparative
- most chastely superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is chastely?
Chastely appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 159,707th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Chastely in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in a chaste manner:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | chastement |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does chastely come from?
From Middle English chasteliche, chastliche, chastely; equivalent to chaste + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).