All 4 Uses

chaste
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
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The second was the Four Virtues, which delineate women's behavior, speech, carriage, and occupation: "Be chaste and yielding, calm and upright in attitude; be quiet and agreeable in words; be restrained and exquisite in movement; be perfect in handiwork and embroidery.†
Chpt 3

chaste = not having sexual intercourse (ever, outside of marriage, or for a long time); or not involving sexual desire
We must stay in our upstairs rooms, be chaste, be modest, and perfect the womanly arts.†
Chpt 11 *
I was fifty-seven when my husband went to the afterworld, too old for my sons to think about having me marry out again or even worry about whether or not I would be a chaste widow.†
Chpt 19
I was chaste.†
Chpt 19

Definitions:

(1) (chaste as in: remained chaste)
not having sex; or not involving sexual desire
The exact meaning of not having sex depends upon context. It can mean
- to be a virgin (never have sex)
- to be sexually inactive currently or for a long time
- to not have sex outside of marriage
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Much less commonly, chaste can refer to an unornamented simple style.