morally
[mawr-uh-lee, mor-]
- in a moral manner.
- from a moral point of view: morally reprehensible.
- virtuously.
- virtually; practically.
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Origin of morally
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Contemporary Examples
Morally, Boies is right, if one can use the word “morally” in the context of anyone in Hollywood.
These are men who now have wives and children, and their silence so many years later shows how morally bankrupt they remain.
The story was so appalling, the attack so brutish and morally offensive, that it provoked an immediate, furious response.
The United States emerged as the true victor of World War I in every sense: militarily, economically and morally.
I text and drive looking over my shoulder, not because I think it is morally wrong.
Historical Examples
That shows you what life in a great city does for the morally weak.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
If Ben was morally guilty, he was forced into his guilt by law and general custom.
Biography of a SlaveCharles Thompson
I am as morally sure it was them, sir, as I am that I be alive.
The ChanningsMrs. Henry Wood
His main defence, of course, is that Clarissa is morally valuable.
Clarissa: Preface, Hints of Prefaces, and PostscriptSamuel Richardson
The sum was nearly equal to that which Bagley had morally defrauded him of.
The Mystery of Murray DavenportRobert Neilson Stephens