Synonyms of morally

morally

adverb

as in innocently

with purity of thought and deed

a politician who is in the habit of acting legally without behaving morally

Synonyms & Similar Words

• innocently
• purely
• properly
• chastely
• virtuously
• righteously
• modestly
• decently
• decorously
• primly
• prudishly
• priggishly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wickedly
• sinfully
• immorally
• evilly
• obscenely
• vulgarly
• indecently
• impurely
• lewdly
• lustfully
• lasciviously

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of morally

Forced into an uneasy cohabitation, the two navigate a sweet yet morally complex web of secrets and survival. — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Football is full of cautionary tales (and, for the sake of balance, morally-dubious fairy tales) about the risks and rewards of taking on finance adjacent to or entangled with politics. — James Horncastle, New York Times, 30 July 2026

Saldaña noted that season three also sheds light on the morally gray decisions each character must make. — Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 30 July 2026

And a Gallup poll recently found a sharp decline since 2022 in the percentage of Americans who view gambling as morally acceptable. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 27 July 2026

Many leaders in the late 18th century already considered privateering a morally ambiguous practice, according to Michael Crawford, a former senior historian at the Naval History and Heritage Command. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 22 July 2026

But advocating for morally just, utopian policies is the sort of thing that democratic socialists ought to be doing. — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026

Of course, those choices are not made against a background of equal power, which is why the situation is morally weighted. — Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

By contrast, leaders such as Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi, and George Washington achieved greatness by pursuing morally righteous causes of liberation. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 8 July 2026