ethically

adv — 2 senses

ethically

adv

CA, US, UK /ˈɛθɪkəli/

Etymology From ethical + -ly.

1

In an ethical manner.

  • In the final few weeks before the vote, a rash of ads appeared on radio and TV claiming that Hillary Clinton was too frail, too liberal and too ethically compromised to become president.2019 July 28, Sam Wolfson, “Looking for Mr T: the politicisation of testosterone”, in The Guardian:
  • It is easy to implement, is not cost-prohibitive, and provides unbiased randomly sampled data in an ethically acceptable manner.2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 12:
2

Concerning ethics.

Antonyms
unethically
Derived terms
ethically challenged
Related terms
morally

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