morally

[morĀ·al]

In a moral manner

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In a moral or ethical sense; according to the rules of morality.

Adverb
with respect to moral principles; "morally unjustified"

Adverb
in a moral manner; "he acted morally under the circumstances"


adv.
In a moral or ethical sense; according to the rules of morality.

adv.
According to moral rules; virtuously.

adv.
In moral qualities; in disposition and character; as, one who physically and morally endures hardships.

adv.
In a manner calculated to serve as the basis of action; according to the usual course of things and human judgment; according to reason and probability.


Morally

Mor"al*ly, adv. 1. In a moral or ethical sense; according to the rules of morality.
By good, good morally so called, "bonum honestum" ought chiefly to be understood.
2. According to moral rules; virtuously. "To live morally." Dryden. 3. In moral qualities; in disposition and character; as, one who physically and morally endures hardships. 4. In a manner calculated to serve as the basis of action; according to the usual course of things and human judgment; according to reason and probability.
It is morally impossible for an hypocrite to keep himself long upon his guard.

In a moral or ethical sense; according to the rules of morality.

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Usage Examples

I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.

What today's business reality makes clear is that brands cannot survive in a society that is failing economically, socially, ethically, and morally.

There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.

It turns out that advancing equal opportunity and economic empowerment is both morally right and good economics, because discrimination, poverty and ignorance restrict growth, while investments in education, infrastructure and scientific and technological research increase it, creating more good jobs and new wealth for all of us.

Of all the public services, education is the one I'm most interested in. You get a more dynamic economy, you deal with most social problems, and it's morally right.

The education cuts in the President's budget are both irresponsible and morally unjustifiable.

A state that suppresses all freedom of speech, and which by imposing the most terrible punishments, treats each and every attempt at criticism, however morally justified, and every suggestion for improvement as plotting to high treason, is a state that breaks an unwritten law.

Bush is morally a universalist. For instance, he says the freedom is good, the same thing is good, all over the world. So in that sense he's a universalist.

As a real person, he wouldn't last a minute, would he? But drama is about imperfection. And we've moved away from the aspirational hero. We got tired of it, it was dull. If I was House's friend, I would hate it. How he so resolutely refuses to be happy or take the kind-hearted road. But we don't always like morally good people, do we?

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Other Usage Examples

Optimism is not inherently a superior way of viewing the world. Certainly doctors will say it might be better for one's physical health to be an optimist. But, morally speaking it may not be appropriate in certain circumstances.

A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.

It's morally wrong to allow a sucker to keep his money.

America's state religion, is patriotism, a phenomenon which has convinced many of the citizenry that 'treason' is morally worse than murder or rape.

I don't believe there's any inherent darkness at the center of religion at all. I think religion actually is a morally neutral force.

While that amendment failed, human cloning continues to advance and the breakthrough in this unethical and morally questionable science is around the corner.

This society cannot go forward, the way we have been going forward, where the gap between the rich and the poor keeps growing. It's not politically viable it's not morally right it's just not going to happen.

The war on drugs is wrong, both tactically and morally. It assumes that people are too stupid, too reckless, and too irresponsible to decide whether and under what conditions to consume drugs. The war on drugs is morally bankrupt.

If we value what we've inherited for free - from other women - surely it's right morally and ethically for us to wake up and say, 'I'm a feminist. '

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