Morally
['mɒrəlɪ] or ['mɔrəli]
Definition
(adv.) with respect to moral principles; 'morally unjustified'.
(adv.) in a moral manner; 'he acted morally under the circumstances'.
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Definition
(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.
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Examples
- On the one hand, we are morally certain of all these things. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It is, to be sure; and when you get to Bitternutt Lodge, Connaught, Ireland, I shall never see you again, Jane: that's morally certain. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- To be morally graceful, not less than physically, is a part of the character of Rigaud Blandois. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I suppose that you will admit that the action is morally justifiable, though technically criminal. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Morally, Mr. Holmes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Since it is morally justifiable, I have only to consider the question of personal risk. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I would much prefer,' retorted Mortimer, 'your washing your hands of Mr Dolls, morally, Eugene. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Physically Mr. Bulstrode did not want the vinegar, but morally the affectionate attention soothed him. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Morally speaking, I am what you call an agnostic, though truly I believe in a supreme power. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Morally certain on this head, and seeing Madame Beck's profound embarrassment, I at last communicated my conviction. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- But intellectually and morally their successors at the Lateran and the Vatican[354] were not equal to their opportunities. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Oh, be morally tidy. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It is morally impossible that his name can be Sir Leicester. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The external world in which activity belongs was thought of as morally indifferent. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Yes, I said, it is morally justifiable so long as our object is to take no articles save those which are used for an illegal purpose. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- What is strange or foreign (that is to say outside the activities of the groups) tends to be morally forbidden and intellectually suspect. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I must take the view, your Grace, that when a man embarks upon a crime, he is morally guilty of any other crime which may spring from it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The two great western powers, and Rome perhaps more than Carthage, were strained mentally and morally by the stresses of the First War. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is morally impossible. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Yet this morally blind man was living in a little world of morally blind men. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I might have got myself up, morally, as Sir Eugene Bountiful. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The daily life of that time was going on at a very low level indeed physically, intellectually, and morally. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Murder has been done, to which you were morally if not really a party. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The aristocracy are decidedly a very superior class, you know, both physically, and morally, and mentally; as a high Tory I acknowledge that. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Morally, the author of the _Code de la Nature_, denounced the institution of private property and proposed a communistic organization of society. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Mrs. Shelby was a woman of high class, both intellectually and morally. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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