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morally

[mawr-uh-lee, mor-] / ˈmɔr ə li, ˈmɒr- /


ADVERB
in a chaste manner
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Last week, Israel's military chief of staff, Lt Gen Eyal Zamir, strongly condemned settler violence, calling it "morally and ethically unacceptable" and a danger to security.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

All of the relatives are morally superior to Becket; after all, it’s not their fault he was disinherited.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

“It is legally indefensible, morally bankrupt and completely untethered from the scientific record.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

Her actions feel ethically and morally wrong, yet she doesn’t seem to recognize it.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

Believing that it was morally indefensible to waste any part of an animal that has been shot for food, McCandless spent six days toiling to preserve what he had killed before it spoiled.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer