morally
193
3.5
- adverb
- /ˈmɔrəli/
:
moralmente
- They are an army that is physically, morally and thoroughly beaten.
- morally acceptable
- morally justifiable
- morally justified
They're saying this is right morally for human beings.
- They're saying this is right morally for human beings.
- But we need to morally stand up for Taiwan.
- I don't think he's morally wrong for doing that.
- We might think you're an idiot, but we're not morally offended by it, right?
- Do you think morally they ought to give up their data?
- But like, nothing morally wrong on Netflix's radar.
- Paley said that what people morally deserve is a matter for God.
- There's another sense in which a knife is morally neutral.
- And it it's it's often very morally ambiguous.
- I obviously think it's it's the former, but it is morally terrible all the same.
- So one might give an account which says when you behave morally, things run smoothly.
- So it becomes much more morally ambiguous for those folks.
- You have to decide morally what and who you're going to be.
Examples
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Neither does he make himself out to be morally better than he is.
Fiction book (1998) -
Do you think it's morally right to promote smoking to the youth of America?
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That is, we are morally responsible towards each other.
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Yeah, Look, it's not morally the right thing to do.
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Do you think morally they ought to give up their data?
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But we need to morally stand up for Taiwan.
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And so they sort of feel morally obliged to say yes.
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My sister is legally and morally innocent of any crime, and we will prove that in court.
Fiction book (1992) -
Never again will I allow our political self-interest to deter us from doing what we know to be morally right.
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It is important to act morally when making decisions that affect others.
Synonyms
113
2.6
In a fair way because someone deserves it
45
4.4
In a way that follows ideas about what is right and fair
25
4.2
In a way that shows honesty and fairness
20
3.4
In a fair and honest way
8
6.5
In a way that is morally correct
7
5.3
In a way that shows courage and good character
1
5.8
In a way that shows good moral behavior
1
5.9
Acting honestly and fairly
In a good and healthy way that helps people
Antonyms
Compounds
How Moral
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Morally comes from the Latin word mores, meaning 'customs' or 'habits', and from that came the English word moral for how people should behave. So to act morally is to act in a way about 'right and wrong', based on those shared ideas of good and bad.