MORALLY


Meaning of MORALLY in English

mor ‧ al ‧ ly /ˈmɒrəli $ ˈmɔː-/ BrE AmE adverb

[ Word Family: noun : ↑ moral , morals, ↑ morality ≠ ↑ immorality , ↑ moralist , ↑ amorality ; adjective : ↑ moral ≠ ↑ immoral , ↑ amoral , ↑ moralistic ; verb : ↑ moralize ; adverb : ↑ morally ≠ ↑ immorally ]

1 . according to moral principles about what is right and wrong:

What you did wasn’t illegal, but it was morally wrong.

There is a belief that village life is somehow morally superior to city life.

Such hypocrisy is morally indefensible.

The Constitution is not morally neutral but is based on certain central values.

2 . morally certain old-fashioned certain about something that cannot be proved:

I am morally certain that he is incapable of deliberately harming anyone.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.