добродетельный

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Russian

Etymology

доброде́тель (dobrodételʹ) +‎ -ный (-nyj)

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Adjective

доброде́тельный (dobrodételʹnyj)

  1. virtuous, righteous
    Synonyms: целому́дренный (celomúdrennyj), высоконра́вственный (vysokonrávstvennyj)
    Antonym: поро́чный (poróčnyj)
    • 1877, Лев Толстой , “Часть II. Глава IV”, in Анна Каренина; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Anna Karenina, 1901:
      Э́то был кружо́к ста́рых, некраси́вых, доброде́тельных и на́божных же́нщин и у́мных, учёных, честолюби́вых мужчи́н.
      Éto byl kružók stáryx, nekrasívyx, dobrodételʹnyx i nábožnyx žénščin i úmnyx, učónyx, čestoljubívyx mužčín.
      It was a set made up of elderly, ugly, benevolent, and godly women, and clever, learned, and ambitious men.

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