Morally

/ˈmɔɹəli/ · adverb

Meaning

In terms of morals or ethics..

Definitions by Sense

1. In terms of morals or ethics.
2. In keeping of requirements of morality.
3. To all intents and purposes; practically.
4. (mathematics) Used to clarify that a statement is made in analogy, and every detail may not be strictly true.

Example Sentences

Morally, it is a difficult issue to deal with.

There is no pressure to leave, Mondelez chief executive Dirk Van de Put admitted last week, claiming that investors did not “morally care” whether companies such as the Chicago-based chocolate maker did business in Russia.

to behave morally

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.

The data governing the deformations of X then consist of what we call a structure, which is a collection of slabs and walls: these are codimension-one polyhedral subsets of B, contained locally in affine hyperplanes, along with some attached data of a ring automorphism which is used in our gluing construction. This structure has an important tropical interpretation: morally, a structure can be viewed as a union of tropical trees in #92;check#123;B#125; with leaves on #92;Delta.

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• most morally

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