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mor·al·ly
/
ˈmɔr
ə
li, ˈmɒr-
/
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[
mawr
-
uh
-lee,
mor
-
]
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adverb
1.
in a
moral
manner.
2.
from a
moral
point of view:
morally reprehensible.
3.
virtuously
.
4.
virtually; practically.
Origin:
1350–1400;
Middle English;
see
moral
,
-ly
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moral
(ˈmɒrəl)
—
adj
1.
concerned with or relating to human behaviour, esp the distinction between good and bad or right and wrong behaviour:
moral sense
2.
adhering to conventionally accepted standards of conduct
3.
based on a sense of right and wrong according to conscience:
moral courage
;
moral law
4.
having psychological rather than tangible effects:
moral support
5.
having the effects but not the appearance of (victory or defeat):
a moral victory
;
a moral defeat
6.
having a strong probability:
a moral certainty
7.
law
(of evidence, etc) based on a knowledge of the tendencies of human nature
—
n
8.
the lesson to be obtained from a fable or event:
point the moral
9.
a concise truth; maxim
10.
(
plural
) principles of behaviour in accordance with standards of right and wrong
[C14: from Latin
mōrālis
relating to morals or customs, from
mōs
custom]
'morally
—
adv
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Example sentences
But the flip side is this theologically and
morally
unhealthy obsession with
conversion.
They are
morally
and intellectually slothful people who are secretly envious of
the educated and the cultured.
But the supposedly luckier kids, spared a demanding relationship with reality,
are also liable to wind up
morally
undeveloped.
Companies used such reports to avoid extending credit to people who were judged
to be
morally
lacking.
But he still doesn't think of himself as fully,
morally
cleared.
Few in the political arena are
morally
pure or devoid of ambition, and those few do not last long.
Scandalous in the sense of shocking and
morally
offensive to some people.
The payback is commercially uncertain, although the project is
morally
praiseworthy.
The debate in my mind has then shifted to what is
morally
good and correct and what is wrong.
It's not really something that one can get
morally
outraged about, since science is extremely expensive.
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