This entry was posted in Randoms/Musings by Brian. Now, we can all have “another good reminder to be integrous in everything,” and to always act integrously. Thus, I propose that we resurrect the archaic adjective form: “ Integrous” and it’s adverbial counterpart “ Integrously.” That’s not to say that there aren’t other ways of expressing the concept in English, after all, we have words like virtuous, good, innocent, meritorious, deserving, worthy, correct, dutiful, moral, right, righteous, well-intentioned, creditable, laudable, commendable, praiseworthy, excellent, admirable, sterling, pure, noble, exemplary, matchless, peerless, saintly, angelic, seraphic, godlike, etc.īut it does seem odd to me that the actual forms for this word have seemingly gone extinct. Not that we can derive a direct causation, or even a correlation, but I wonder if the extinction of words such as these is in any way related to the actions of a certain governor, or financier who clearly lack the quality. In fact, according to Merriam-Webster Online there isn’t an adjective or verb form of the word in modern English. Alas, it doesn’t appear that such a form exists. Always an example of devotion to duty, and as unflinching as a hero in a book.In my last post from Proverbs, I totally had the urge to use “integrity” as an adjective, e.g., Yet another good reminder to be in everything.But any investigation into his biography seems infinitely more satisfying by reason of his virtue, his courage and his devotion to duty.As a serviceman he was reliable, displaying grit, fearlessness, and devotion to duty, as well as being cheerful and optimistic.His courage and devotion to duty never wavered.As a child I was always aware of my parents' devotion to each other.She cared for her stepmother with unfailing devotion throughout her long illness.She gave us unfailing devotion and became an essential part of our family.Who was he to deserve this devotion, or deference or homage or passion or allowance?.

and had many of her ideas adopted in Parliament through the devotion of her brother-in-law. She had given her husband years of devotion and support.Was there really no more to the pitch than this rhetorical protestation of devotion?.The constant outpourings of devotion from the Soviet people reached him through the media.Parker was applying Herbert Spencer's law of social evolution and the current devotion to organization to the denomination.Mary expected complete devotion from her lovers.Never think that I dismiss lightly the hard work and devotion that go into each small volume.Her life was one of hard work and devotion to her family.At Kemmendine, there were two experienced missionaries, men of outstanding ability, character and devotion.2 SPEND TIME the loyalty that you show towards a person, job etc, especially by working hard → dedication devotion to the soldier’s courage and devotion to duty his integrity and devotion to his patients 3 RR strong religious feeling 4 → devotions Examples from the Corpus devotion ○○ AWL noun 1 LOVE FAITHFUL the strong love that you show when you pay a lot of attention to someone or something devotion to Alanna has always shown intense devotion to her children.Devotedly From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Religion devotion de‧vo‧tion / dɪˈvəʊʃ ən $ -ˈvoʊ- /

Integrity adjective