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vertuously

vertuously is the obsolete form of virtuously.

Meaning of virtuously

Adverb

virtuously (comparative more virtuously, superlative most virtuously)

  1. In a virtuous manner.
    • Beauty is a fatal gift for those who want to live virtuously.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 47

Forms of vertuously

comparativemore vertuously
superlativemost vertuously

Origin of vertuously

From vertuous + -ly.

Questions about vertuously

What is vertuously the obsolete form of?
Vertuously is the obsolete form of virtuously.

Words near vertuously in the dictionary

  1. vertues
  2. Vertumnalia
  3. vertumnite
  4. Vertumnus
  5. vertuous
  6. vertuously
  7. vertuu
  8. vertuus
  9. vertvovs
  10. Vertz
  11. Vertzes

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