Having or exhibiting manly strength and courage; valorous; brave; gallant.Possessed of or exhibiting virtue; morally good; acting in conformity with right; discharging moral duties and obligations, and abstaining from immoral practices: as, a virtuous man.Being in conformity to the moral or divine law: as, a virtuous deed; a virtuous life.Chaste; pure; modest.Efficacious by inherent qualities; having singular or eminent properties or powers; potent; effective.= Syn. 2 and 3. Upright, exemplary, worthy, righteous. See morality.