Crossword clues for virtuousness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Virtuous \Vir"tu*ous\ (?; 135), a. [OE. vertuous, OF. vertuos, vertuous, F. vertueux, fr. L. Virtuous. See Virtue, and cf. Virtuoso.]
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Possessing or exhibiting virtue. Specifically:
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Exhibiting manly courage and strength; valorous; valiant; brave. [Obs.]
Old Priam's son, amongst them all, was chiefly virtuous.
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Having power or efficacy; powerfully operative; efficacious; potent. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.Lifting up his virtuous staff on high, He smote the sea, which calm['e]d was with speed.
--Spenser.Every virtuous plant and healing herb.
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Having moral excellence; characterized by morality; upright; righteous; pure; as, a virtuous action.
The virtuous mind that ever walks attended By a strong siding champion, conscience.
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Chaste; pure; -- applied especially to women.
Mistress Ford . . . the virtuous creature, that hath the jealous fool to her husband.
--Shak. [1913 Webster] -- Vir"tu*ous*ly, adv. -- Vir"tu*ous*ness, n.
Wiktionary
n. The state of being virtuous.
WordNet
n. the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong [syn: virtue, moral excellence]
Usage examples of "virtuousness".
The virtuousness of these seven maidens has never been held in question, for it has never been put to the test.
I want to say, in all seriousness, that a great deal of harm is being done in the modern world by belief in the virtuousness of work, and that the road to happiness and prosperity lies in an organized diminution of work.
He went through with it like the solid citizen he was: admitted the evils of tobacco, courageously made resolves, laid out plans to check the vice, tapered off his allowance of cigars, and expounded the pleasures of virtuousness to every one he met.