virtuous
conforming to moral and ethical principles; morally excellent; upright: Lead a virtuous life.
chaste: a virtuous young person.
Origin of virtuous
1Other words from virtuous
- 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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How to use virtuous in a sentence
Additionally, the acceleration of cross-buying by existing SoFi members has created a virtuous cycle of compounding growth, diversified revenue and high profitability.
Online lender SoFi to go public with a $8.7 billion valuation | Verne Kopytoff | January 7, 2021 | FortuneBing struggled to get this virtuous cycle started, and never really got to the scale that Google enjoys with its search offering.
Could Apple build a search engine that competes with Google? | By Hamza Mudassir/The Conversation | December 15, 2020 | Popular-Science“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.
It’s both beloved and iconic, and Mulan, who is as virtuous as she is strong and brave, is an essential heroine.
The history of Mulan, from a 6th-century ballad to the live-action Disney movie | Constance Grady | September 4, 2020 | VoxAs 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.
Departure from convention—mom, baseball, the postal worker, and patriotism | jakemeth | August 19, 2020 | Fortune
In other words, the free speech exhibited by the folks at Charlie Hebdo was not virtuous—until there was a body count.
Politicians Only Love Journalists When They're Dead | Luke O’Neil | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTA May 2014 Slate article by Sam Kean details the tragic changes he suffered “from a virtuous foreman to a sociopathic drifter.”
Understanding Tracy Morgan’s Traumatic Brain Injury | Jean Kim | November 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSome 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.
‘The Leftovers’ Review: A Fever Dream You Can’t Wake Up From | Andrew Romano | June 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTGuy-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!
Solomon and Solomonic Literature | Moncure Daniel ConwayThe virtuous statesman advanced to meet him, while his countenance proclaimed that he knew all, and sympathized with its victim.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterBoth of these readings appeal to the Solomonic portrait of the virtuous woman, in Proverbs xxxi.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature | Moncure Daniel ConwayA stone mason was employed to engrave the following epitaph on a tradesman's wife: "A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband."
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousFor twenty years you hold an innocent and virtuous woman under an infamous suspicion.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. Locke
British Dictionary definitions for virtuous
/ (ˈvɜːtʃʊəs) /
characterized by or possessing virtue or moral excellence; righteous; upright
(of women) chaste or virginal
Derived forms of virtuous
- virtuously, adverb
- virtuousness, noun
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