virtu

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For example, Machiavelli appears and discusses his philosophical concept of "virtu" – the qualities needed to be a leader – with the hero Ezio.

From The Guardian • Mar. 15, 2011

But large further sums were spent on such bric-a- brackery, such articles of virtu, as 37 bronze-labeled stones from foreign countries in the "Hall of Nations."

From Time Magazine Archive

Scientists have discovered that each species and strain has a distinctive "fingerprint" that can be used for virtu ally immediate identification.

From Time Magazine Archive

By borrowing a U.S. en gineering technique of offering clients "total package deals," Bufete has virtu ally cornered the Mexican engineering market while taking a lot of business away from U.S. competitors.

From Time Magazine Archive

Cracherode bequeathed at his death, in 1799, to the British Museum, the large collection of literature, art, and virtu he had employed an industrious life in collecting.

From Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions by Disraeli, Isaac