Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

virtuously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.71 in modern English

Syllables
vir-tu-ous-ly
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a virtuous manner.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English vertuously; equivalent to virtuous + -ly.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more virtuously (comparative) most virtuously (superlative) vertuously (alternative, obsolete)

Synonyms

decently morally righteously becomingly chastely continently correctly decorously deservingly dutifully duteously meritoriously

Antonyms

unvirtuously

Questions

What does virtuously mean?
In a virtuous manner.
Where does virtuously come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce virtuously

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