morally

[US]/'mɔrəli/
[UK]/ˈm ɔrəlɪ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. in a manner that relates to principles of right and wrong; in a morally proper way; genuinely

Phrases & Collocations

morally upright

morally wrong

morally responsible

morally questionable

morally ethical

morally justifiable

morally sound

morally conscious

morally sensitive

morally superior

Example Sentences

their cause is morally bankrupt.

The attempt is morally bound to fail.

this whole society is morally ambiguous.

a morally defensible penal system.

the policy of apartheid was morally indefensible.

a morally and ethically bankrupt politician.

It isn't unlawful, but it's morally wrong.

theories which assert that all inequality is morally wrong.

Can her actions be morally justified?

I’m morally under obligation to do the best I can by her.

I am morally certain that he is incapable of deliberately harming anyone.

"What you did wasn't actually against the law, but it was morally wrong."

I felt morally obliged to do the best I could for her.

in this sense it is not a pleonasm to say, as many have, that the morally virtuous life is the good or best life.

used two pillows to keep his head elevated), but it more often suggests exalting, ennobling, or raising morally or intellectually:

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