Get Smarty: Abstemious

Word Spotlight:  Abstemious

 

Syllables and Pronouncement:  ab·ste·mi·ous [ əb'stməs ] adjective  

 

Use in place of: 

 self-denying, moderate, ascetic, sober, temperate, abstinent, non indulgent

Meaning:

sparing or moderate in eating and drinking; temperate in diet.

 

Examples of use in a sentence: 

There was nothing remotely abstemious about the way he lived now.

The athlete's abstemious diet did not give her enough energy.