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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

ascetical

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01 adj. pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic
  1. 1.
    pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic
  2. 2.
    practicing great self-denial.
    “Be systematically ascetic . . . do . . . something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it.” — William James.
Syn. asceticSyn. -- ascetic, austere, spartan