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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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Most grew up in religious or at least morally serious families.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

A spokesperson for Gemini Untwined, which funds specialist surgery for rare newborns joined by the head, said portraying conjoined twins as entertainment was "morally reprehensible".

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

You owe him nothing — legally, ethically or morally.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 25, 2026

The issue was morally and legally complex, he said, with compensation for colonial-era crimes, including land dispossession, yet to be addressed.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

Your Honor, for the sake of this boy and myself, I wish I could bring to this Court evidence of a morally worthier nature.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.