morally

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based on principles that you or people in general consider to be right, honest, or acceptable:

Morally, you're right, but in practice I don't think it would work.

For a teacher to hit a child is not just morally wrong but also illegal.

She thinks she's morally superior to the rest of us.

considered from a moral position:

morally wrong

If you act morally, you act in a way that you or people in general consider to be right, honest, or acceptable.