virtuously
adverb
virtuously is an adverb meaning “In a virtuous manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-I-R-T-U-O-U-S-L-Y, and it appears about once in every 19 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does virtuously mean?
adverb
- 1
In a virtuous manner.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of virtuously
- more virtuously comparative
- most virtuously superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is virtuously?
Virtuously appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 133,440th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Virtuously in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in a virtuous manner:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | vertueusement |
| Portuguese | virtuosamente |
| Spanish | virtuosamente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does virtuously come from?
From Middle English vertuously; equivalent to virtuous + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).