adv
Meaning 1
In a virtuous manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: decently, morally, righteously
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
virtuously
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adverb
Meaning 2
in a chaste and virtuous manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she lived chastely
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chastely
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
in a moral manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he acted morally under the circumstances
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: morally
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English vertuously; equivalent to virtuous + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: virtuosament — in a virtuous manner
- French: vertueusement — in a virtuous manner
- Hungarian: erkölcsösen — in a virtuous manner
- Italian: virtuosamente — in a virtuous manner
- Latin: virtualiter — in a virtuous manner
- Middle English: vertuously — in a virtuous manner
- Portuguese: virtuosamente — in a virtuous manner
- Spanish: virtuosamente — in a virtuous manner