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Antonyms for ethically


Grammar : Adv
Spell : eth-i-kuhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛθ ɪ kəl



Definition of ethically

Origin :
  • c.1600, "pertaining to morality," from ethic + -al (1). Related: Ethicality; ethically.
  • As in right : adv fairly, justly
  • As in socially : adv with regard to the welfare of mankind
Example sentences :
  • Ethically speaking, the trouble is that existence is a selfish thing.
  • Extract from : « War Letters of a Public-School Boy » by Paul Jones.
  • Ethically, I am inclined to believe the religion of the Ainus is just as high as was that of the Incas.
  • Extract from : « Religion and Lust » by James Weir
  • Psychology will never tell us just what to do ethically, nor just how to do it.
  • Extract from : « Psychology and Social Practice » by John Dewey
  • Sense and consciousness can give us only what is, not what ethically ought to be.
  • Extract from : « Theoretical Ethics » by Milton Valentine
  • Historically, scientifically, and ethically the Bible is imperfect.
  • Extract from : « God and my Neighbour » by Robert Blatchford
  • Logically dissatisfying and divinely and ethically exasperating.
  • Extract from : « I, Mary MacLane » by Mary MacLane
  • Thus the religion of Homer is, ethically, a very good religion.
  • Extract from : « The World of Homer » by Andrew Lang
  • Care must be taken that the stories chosen are ethically sound.
  • Extract from : « The Dramatization of Bible Stories » by Elizabeth Erwin Miller Lobingier
  • What the ethically bad is follows from what has already been said.
  • Extract from : « A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution » by C. M. Williams
  • "Don't you say ethically again, Electra," said the old lady.
  • Extract from : « Rose MacLeod » by Alice Brown

Synonyms for ethically

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