Synonyms for virtuously
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : vur-choo-uh s |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɜr tʃu əs |
Top 10 synonyms for virtuously Other synonyms for the word virtuously
- bashfully
- befittingly
- beneficently
- benevolently
- benignly
- candidly
- charitably
- chastely
- conscientiously
- decorously
- demurely
- diffidently
- dispassionately
- duteously
- dutifully
- ethically
- evenhandedly
- evenly
- fairly
- fitly
- fittingly
- frankly
- helpfully
- justly
- lawfully
- legally
- legitimately
- moderately
- morally
- nicely
- objectively
- piously
- plainly
- properly
- purely
- quietly
- reasonably
- reliably
- respectably
- retiringly
- righteously
- rightfully
- rightly
- shyly
- simply
- sincerely
- squarely
- straightforwardly
- temperately
- tolerantly
- unassumingly
- unobtrusively
- unpresumptuously
- unpretentiously
- unreservedly
- uprightly
- virtuously
- well
- without bias
- without prejudice
Définition of virtuously
Origin :- late 14c., "chaste" (of women), from virtue + -ous. Earlier it was used in a sense of "valiant, valorous, manly" (c.1300).
- As in justly : adv fairly
- As in right : adv fairly, justly
- As in honorably : adv nobly
- As in modestly : adv in a modest manner
- As in morally : adv in a chaste manner
- She doesn't like me at all, though I've been virtuously nice to her.
- Extract from : « Jane Journeys On » by Ruth Comfort Mitchell
- "I won't say I am sorry, because that would be a lie," said Sarah virtuously.
- Extract from : « Rosemary » by Josephine Lawrence
- "I like to do what's best for folks in the end," declared Mrs. Forbes virtuously.
- Extract from : « Jewel » by Clara Louise Burnham
- "I have never harboured such an unworthy thought," he said virtuously.
- Extract from : « The Clue of the Twisted Candle » by Edgar Wallace
- "And Hoodie didn't usplain a bit, not one bit," said Duke virtuously.
- Extract from : « Hoodie » by Mary Louisa Stewart Molesworth
- "I shouldn't get it if 'e did," said Mr. Russell, virtuously.
- Extract from : « Dialstone Lane, Complete » by W.W. Jacobs
- "We've stopped toadyism in the House," said Stover virtuously.
- Extract from : « The Varmint » by Owen Johnson
- "I didn't say it and I'd die before I did," said I virtuously.
- Extract from : « At Good Old Siwash » by George Fitch
- "Peter's mother was, and hence I am," Alix said, virtuously.
- Extract from : « Sisters » by Kathleen Norris
- I wont say anything about it to any one, said Myron virtuously.
- Extract from : « Full-Back Foster » by Ralph Henry Barbour
Antonyms for virtuously
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