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morally

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


ADVERB
in a chaste manner
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Morally if not legally, they deserve more grief than whatever the Justice Department manages to bring to bear on them, which won’t be much.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Morally and ethically, altering these images was a poor decision by the host.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

"Morally, it just doesn't make sense," said two-time World Cup winner Morgan.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2023

Morally suspect plays and novels were banned, and great emphasis was placed on traditional Confucian values.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

“I’m glad I can take a detached view of this. The pants of their reputations must have some thin places. Morally, then, you would be against giving her the money?”

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck




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