as in innocently
with purity of thought and deed
a politician who is in the habit of acting legally without behaving morally
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Recent Examples of morally
Man oppressed woman legally, economically, socially, educationally, morally, professionally and religiously.
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Brian Delay,
Mercury News,
4 July 2026
The laws might prevent what some people believe is morally right, or command – in the name of protecting others’ rights or the common good – what others regard as unjust or unholy.
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Robert A. Ballingall,
The Conversation,
2 July 2026
More than 75% didn’t consider their chickens morally less important than dogs.
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Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
1 July 2026
The girls’ trip isn’t just misguided advice; it’s morally coded.
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Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez,
CNN Money,
30 June 2026
In spite of their original values of humanitarianism and neutrality, these organizations have been morally debased from within, using the language of human rights and international justice yet deploying it on behalf of autocracies and against the liberal democracies that created them.
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Simon Sebag Montefiore,
The Atlantic,
28 June 2026
As Azula takes the city, Team Avatar — except for Aang — are locked up in a secret underground prison along with the morally conflicted Fire Nation prince Zuko (Dallas Liu).
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Skyler Trepel,
PEOPLE,
26 June 2026
This would be bad not just for immigrant health, although that would be a morally and practically sufficient reason to oppose a reinterpretation of the 14th Amendment.
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Rachel E. Fabi,
STAT,
23 June 2026
That a device is morally neutral, and is only bad if the parents or children use it badly.
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Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
Brian Delay,
Mercury News,
4 July 2026
The laws might prevent what some people believe is morally right, or command – in the name of protecting others’ rights or the common good – what others regard as unjust or unholy.
—
Robert A. Ballingall,
The Conversation,
2 July 2026
More than 75% didn’t consider their chickens morally less important than dogs.
—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
1 July 2026
The girls’ trip isn’t just misguided advice; it’s morally coded.
—
Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez,
CNN Money,
30 June 2026
In spite of their original values of humanitarianism and neutrality, these organizations have been morally debased from within, using the language of human rights and international justice yet deploying it on behalf of autocracies and against the liberal democracies that created them.
—
Simon Sebag Montefiore,
The Atlantic,
28 June 2026
As Azula takes the city, Team Avatar — except for Aang — are locked up in a secret underground prison along with the morally conflicted Fire Nation prince Zuko (Dallas Liu).
—
Skyler Trepel,
PEOPLE,
26 June 2026
This would be bad not just for immigrant health, although that would be a morally and practically sufficient reason to oppose a reinterpretation of the 14th Amendment.
—
Rachel E. Fabi,
STAT,
23 June 2026
That a device is morally neutral, and is only bad if the parents or children use it badly.
—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for morally
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Their amalgamation with the other color produces a degradation to which no lover of his country, no lover of excellence in the human character can innocently consent.
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It was innocently posted by motorsports reporter Cole Cusumano, who was there covering the race.
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Yet the discussion surrounding their survival is too often reduced to a purely financial debate.
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Port selection is cutting-edge, with purely USB-C connectivity on both sides.
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The chronic disease, which impairs the body’s ability to properly regulate blood sugar, contributed to 94,445 deaths that year.
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Consoles, controllers, accessories, weird VR gloves that never worked properly, but mostly the games themselves.
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Take The Music Lesson, a study of a young woman playing the virginal, closely watched by a gentleman, which Graham-Dixon reads as a depiction of Collegiants chastely performing and singing psalms.
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Some of us virtuously recycle items that will be transported across the world to smother island nations in single-use plastic bags and water bottles, milk jugs, yogurt tubs, pet food and potato chip bags, Styrofoam meat trays, Coke bottles, Amazon mailing envelopes, and fast-food wrappers.
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The glorious sweep of progress toward Roman civilization and prosperity means the end of an idyllic, virtuously rustic Golden Age.
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With raping, raving misogynists in the highest offices and loudest cultural bandwidths of the world, women of all classes have cause to be righteously filled with rage, betrayal, and disappointment.
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The darkly comic crime drama pits Frances McDormand's righteously furious mom against a police force that hasn't caught her daughter's killer.
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“Morally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/morally. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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