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virtuous

[ vur-choo-uhs ]

adjective

  1. conforming to moral and ethical principles; morally excellent; upright:

    Lead a virtuous life.

  2. a virtuous young person.



virtuous

/ ˈvɜːtʃʊəs /

adjective

  1. characterized by or possessing virtue or moral excellence; righteous; upright
  2. (of women) chaste or virginal


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Derived Forms

  • ˈvirtuousness, noun
  • ˈvirtuously, adverb

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Other Words From

  • virtu·ous·ly adverb
  • virtu·ous·ness noun
  • non·virtu·ous adjective
  • non·virtu·ous·ly adverb
  • non·virtu·ous·ness noun
  • quasi-virtu·ous adjective
  • quasi-virtu·ous·ly adverb
  • un·virtu·ous adjective
  • un·virtu·ous·ly adverb
  • un·virtu·ous·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of virtuous1

First recorded in 1300–50; alteration (with i from Latin ) of Middle English vertuous, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin virtuōsus, equivalent to Latin virtu(s) virtue + -ōsus -ous

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Example Sentences

Additionally, the acceleration of cross-buying by existing SoFi members has created a virtuous cycle of compounding growth, diversified revenue and high profitability.

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Bing struggled to get this virtuous cycle started, and never really got to the scale that Google enjoys with its search offering.

“We have gone from the most affected country to one of the virtuous countries in the management of the pandemic thanks to the clarity of the rules from the very beginning, and the willingness of everyone to respect them,” Lorini says.

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It’s both beloved and iconic, and Mulan, who is as virtuous as she is strong and brave, is an essential heroine.

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As a political party ward leader, she was not daunted on her virtuous missions, which, to me, seemed to be defined by failing candidates or losing causes.

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In other words, the free speech exhibited by the folks at Charlie Hebdo was not virtuous—until there was a body count.

A May 2014 Slate article by Sam Kean details the tragic changes he suffered “from a virtuous foreman to a sociopathic drifter.”

Some look at the Aspen museum and wonder whether Ban will be able to continue creating his humanitarian “virtuous” architecture.

At times it can seem too proud of its virtuous noncommerciality; its slowness can seem shallow, its artiness willful.

Guy-guitar-genius music isn't inherently evil; mass-produced pop isn't inherently virtuous.

She was also supposed to be the original or model of “the Virtuous Woman” therein portrayed!

The virtuous statesman advanced to meet him, while his countenance proclaimed that he knew all, and sympathized with its victim.

Both of these readings appeal to the Solomonic portrait of the virtuous woman, in Proverbs xxxi.

A stone mason was employed to engrave the following epitaph on a tradesman's wife: "A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband."

For twenty years you hold an innocent and virtuous woman under an infamous suspicion.

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