morally

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

ADVERB

in accordance with accepted standards of conduct

Synonyms

STRONGEST

properly scrupulously

WEAK

appropriately conscientiously decently fairly honestly honorably justly laudably respectably righteously trustworthily truthfully uprightly

Antonyms

WEAK

dishonorably worthlessly wrongly

ADVERB

in a chaste manner

Synonyms

STRONG

virtuously

WEAK

chastely purely

Antonyms

WEAK

dishonorably worthlessly wrongly

ADVERB

practically

Synonyms

STRONGEST

potentially

WEAK

basically implicitly probably substantially virtually

Antonyms

WEAK

dishonorably worthlessly wrongly

Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal

Legally and morally, you are not responsible for a loan that you did not approve.

From MarketWatch

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

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Barron's

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

From MarketWatch