Crossword clues for morally
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Morally \Mor"al*ly\, adv.
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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.
--South. According to moral rules; virtuously. ``To live morally.''
--Dryden.In moral qualities; in disposition and character; as, one who physically and morally endures hardships.
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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.
--L'Estrange.
Wiktionary
adv. 1 Relating to morals or ethics. 2 In keeping of requirements of morality.
WordNet
adv. with respect to moral principles; "morally unjustified"
in a moral manner; "he acted morally under the circumstances" [syn: virtuously] [ant: immorally]
Usage examples of "morally".
He was careful not to try to refute the irrefutable, arguing instead that religion, faith, will always be more rewarding, more emotionally satisfying, more morally uplifting than philosophy, and that insofar as Christians led moral and productive lives the religion justified itself.
If any other individual fully Ascended, it would destroy the meaning and integration of society on the wholepolitically, morally, and religiously.
To steal the moment of breakout from a changeover victim was, morally, a crime.
I know of nothing in libertarian theory that makes coercion morally legitimate merely because the coercers and their victims live in the same part of the world, speak the same language, or have the same color skin.
He could lounge at his ease and remain above the unwashed fetor of the masses for whom these plays, with their morally correct attitudes and their simpering points of argument, were intended.
The good priest thought that the day had passed like lightning, thanks to all the beauties I had discovered in his poetry, which, to speak the truth, was below mediocrity, but time seemed to me to drag along very slowly, because the friendly glances of the housekeeper made me long for bedtime, in spite of the miserable condition in which I felt myself morally and physically.
He cultivated utility in other ways, and it pleased and flattered him to feel that he could afford, morally speaking, to have a kittenish wife.
Without the kind of identifiable identity that belongs to the individual thing as a subject of change, human beings, having obviously mutable existence, could not be held morally responsible for their acts.
The Clerics described a paganistic, morally lax Federation anxious to export their decadence throughout the galaxy.
I was morally sure that he would deliver my letters to the secretary in the first opportunity, so I took the utmost care that my style of writing should not discover the trick.
Absolute dictatorship under a king or paranoic leader, they employ witch-doctors, medicine men and morally and hygienically they are so many beasts.
Further, anyone who did not actively aid in ending the schism was morally guilty of prolonging it.
Under the influence of champagne, Svidrigailov reminisces about his criminally libertine past, and the morally fastidious Raskolnikov cannot help being shocked.
Every poll shows that Americans are sharply divided on the issue, regarding it as deeply troubling ethically and morally, and that while a majority support the right to legal abortion in the first trimester, large segments of the population favor important restrictions on the procedure.
But they had vanished and left no trace, like the flesh of the dead men on the plains, and so, morally unapparelled, in the hideous skeleton of his manhood, he walked on down the street under the mid-June sunshine.