chastened, ppl. a.
(ˈtʃeɪs(ə)nd)
[f. chasten v.1]
1. Corrected by disciplinary punishment.
| 1781 Fletcher Lett. Wks. 1795 VII. 234 Chastened, spared like you. |
2. Refined, purified (in character, feeling, style).
| 1794 Southey Lyric P., To Hymen, Chasten'd Friendship comes. 1837 Hallam Hist. Lit. I. i. iii. 181 note, A poem written in the chastened tone of fine taste. 1841 D'Israeli Amen. Lit. (1867) 95 The more chastened writings of Roman and Grecian lore. |
3. Restrained from excess; subdued; tempered.
| 1844 Stanley Arnold (1858) II. ix. 114 The return, though in a more chastened form. 1860 Tyndall Glac. i. §11. 84 The chastened light told us that day was departing. 1862 ― Mountaineer. vi. 45 A chastened hope was predominant in both our breasts. |
Hence ˈchastenedly adv. rare.
| 1873 R. Broughton Nancy II. 30, I..prepare to be chastenedly and moderately glad to see them. |