virtuously

Example Sentences

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"Theological doctrines encouraged aid for the shame-faced poor, who threatened the moral order by showing that you could live virtuously and prosperously but still fall victim to twists of fortune," said Robb.

From Science Daily • Dec. 1, 2023

The acquisition of virtue necessarily involves a community to provide education, model virtues, and provide opportunities for a person to behave virtuously.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

So we decided to explore, does meditation actually make us behave more virtuously?

From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2021

They worked hard and virtuously, their labor coated over with gauzy populism, their inner selves invested with a capitalist spirituality.

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2018

“Biddy,” said I, in a virtuously self-asserting manner, “I must request to know what you mean by this?”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens