adv
Meaning 1
In terms of morals or ethics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Morally, it is a difficult issue to deal with.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
morally
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
-
General-American: /ˈmɔɹəli/
-
Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɒɹəli/
-
New-York-City: /ˈmɑɹəli/
-
US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
-
CMU ARPABET: M AO1 R AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
In keeping of requirements of morality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- to behave morally
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: decently, modestly, righteously, becomingly, chastely, continently, correctly, decorously, deservingly, dutifully, duteously, meritoriously, morally, nobly, rightly, right-mindedly, virtuously, worthily
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 3
To all intents and purposes; practically.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 4
Used to clarify that a statement is made in analogy, and every detail may not be strictly true.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
Examples
- In the short exact sequence 0#92;xrightarrow#123;q#125;A#92;xrightarrow#123;r#125;B#92;xrightarrow#123;s#125;C#92;xrightarrow#123;t#125;0, B is morally A#92;timesC, even if in reality the sequence may fail to split.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 5
with respect to moral principles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- morally unjustified
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 6
in a moral manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he acted morally under the circumstances
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: virtuously
Antonyms: immorally
History
Etymology
From Middle English morali, moralli, morally, equivalent to moral + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: moralment — relating to morals or ethics
- Galician: moralmente — relating to morals or ethics
- German: moralisch — relating to morals or ethics
- Greek: ηθικά (ithiká) — relating to morals or ethics
- Hungarian: morálisan — relating to morals or ethics
- Portuguese: moralmente — relating to morals or ethics
- Russian: мора́льно (morálʹno) — relating to morals or ethics
- Spanish: moralmente — relating to morals or ethics
- Swedish: moraliskt — relating to morals or ethics
- Catalan: moralment — in a moral manner
- Finnish: moraalisesti — in a moral manner
- Galician: moralmente — in a moral manner
- German: moralisch — in a moral manner
- Greek: ηθικά (ithiká) — in a moral manner
- Hungarian: morálisan — in a moral manner
- Polish: moralnie — in a moral manner
- Portuguese: moralmente — in a moral manner
- Russian: мора́льно (morálʹno) — in a moral manner
- Spanish: moralmente — in a moral manner
- Swedish: moraliskt — in a moral manner
Real reading context