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

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

That’s why Aristotle, for instance, argued that wealth should be sought only for the sake of living virtuously — to manage a household, say, or to participate in the life of the polis.

From Washington Post • Jul. 28, 2017

“You could move to Charleston and play up there,” I suggested virtuously.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam