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morally

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


ADVERB
in a chaste manner
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There are morally and ethically dubious questions aplenty.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

That’s in part because conscious beings might matter morally in a way that unconscious things don’t.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

On another program, when Colombia’s most seasoned female television anchor asked him to explain how he could morally defend certain underworld figures, he shot back: “Not everything that is immoral or unethical is illegal.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Mr Justice Johnson told the jurors that if the defendants believed that they had been morally justified in smashing up Elbit's property, that would not be a "lawful excuse".

From BBC • May 12, 2026

At the end of my talk, I heard “Yes! We support the Afro- American . . . morally, physically, materially if necessary!”

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey




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