She lived ascetically in a small house all by herself. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : an ascetic existence. From Dictionary.com.
Before she could comment again, a tall, ascetically thin man approached them. From Wordnik.com. [Recovery]
For some reason, that just ascetically felt better than to say for my mother and father. From Wordnik.com. [The Lone Star: The Life of John Connally] Reference
The apartment was ascetically furnished and had been neat, but disorder was creeping in. From Wordnik.com. [Inconstant Star]
They are neither cutesy, comedic Yiddishers nor noble, chiseled, ascetically moral kibbutzniks. From Wordnik.com. [Bradley Burston: Winslet, 'Waltz,' and How Hollywood Likes Its Jews] Reference
Though we may sift through the details of his asceticism, we must agree about the fact of living ascetically. From Wordnik.com. [Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog:] Reference
I knew that there was a strange, vaguely Anabaptist sect living ascetically, in accord with the old rhythm of nature and the harvests. From Wordnik.com. [In the Footsteps of Tocqueville] Reference
I agree the tunnel would be the most ascetically pleasing option, but I'm pretty sure they could change any ordinance if they needed to. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: Mayor Gridlock] Reference
Making a wrinkle in his nose, he said, ascetically, "You still stink" and ordered the officer of the day to have the jailer given ten lashes. From Wordnik.com. [The Eternal Mercenary]
M. Nissim Bernard, cut to the quick, stopped short in his reminiscence, and, ascetically depriving himself of a great pleasure, remained silent until the end of dinner. From Wordnik.com. [Within a Budding Grove] Reference
There were about twenty of them, sitting right out on the edge of the floor, ascetically dressed, sipping mineral water nervously, and staying apart from the festivities. From Wordnik.com. [The Restaurant at the End of the Universe]
In the latter case there is an appearance of undue development in the upper portion of the countenance, especially when the jaws are ascetically thin, and the chin weakly retreats. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah] Reference
He refused pipes and coffee, professing to be ascetically disposed: but he ate more than half my dinner, to reassure me, I presume, should I have been fearful that abstinence might injure his health. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah] Reference
The more ascetically she lived, the happier she became. From Wordnik.com. [Top stories from Times Online] Reference
"You 're rather late," he said to Curly, and, looking ascetically at. From Wordnik.com. [The Island Pharisees] Reference
To conclude ascetically is to give up, and not to solve, the problem. From Wordnik.com. [Lay Morals] Reference
Our love deepened, and we always slept together, but quite ascetically. From Wordnik.com. [Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion] Reference
Not only is this site a fountain of baseball information, it is ascetically appealing. From Wordnik.com. [Kranepool Society :: A New York Mets Blog] Reference
It's hard to imagine that he's been toiling over tomes for years, ascetically starved of life's pleasures. From Wordnik.com. [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
He once gave me a bollocking for hiring a guy who wasn't as ascetically pleasing as he thought the staff should be. From Wordnik.com. [Irish Blogs] Reference
The latter asked under his breath for another cup of coffee, and nibbled ascetically at a piece of very hard ship's biscuit. From Wordnik.com. ['Twixt Land and Sea] Reference
The new Christmas book is as ascetically bright white as a bedlinen catalogue and her topical message is that cooking saves money. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
He caught sight for a moment of the tall form of Fenton, standing at their rear -- the long face ascetically white, and sternly fixed. From Wordnik.com. [The Case of Richard Meynell] Reference
The overall experience of Fring feels unfinished and a bit haphazard ascetically, even outside of its iffy new video calling features. From Wordnik.com. [AppleInsider] Reference
As ascetically impressive as Michigan Stadium is, the storied venue is not regarded as one of the loudest places to play in the country. From Wordnik.com. [Brownsville Herald :] Reference
But somewhere along the way, we forgot to be thrifty and live ascetically as Ben Franklin (the poster boy for the Protestant Ethic) instructed us. From Wordnik.com. [The New Republic - All Feed] Reference
With these occupations Napier combined a large medical practice in the Midlands, the proceeds of which he gave to the poor, living ascetically himself. From Wordnik.com. [The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened] Reference
His sleeping quarters plainly, though by no means ascetically furnished, opened into a large chamber, where the philosophic light-keeper spent the best part of his days. From Wordnik.com. [The Light of Scarthey] Reference
We both agree that this time gave us a window to dream and taught us how to live rather ascetically and experience hardship and discipline, rather like being in the army really. From Wordnik.com. [Fog City Journal] Reference
And the magnitude of the fundamentalist Islamic threat suggests America can’t fight this new enemy while remaining ascetically pure. From Wordnik.com. [Sands of Empire] Reference
Instead it feels maniacally, ascetically focused. From Wordnik.com. [Chicago Reader] Reference
27 minutes ago, -11/+8It's because they're ascetically pleasing. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference
Escape MK-II was generally ascetically pleasing. From Wordnik.com. [All Updates @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com] Reference
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