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ethically en · ADV

Pronunciation

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• /ˈɛθɪkəli/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˈɛθ.ɪk.li] (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈɛθɪkli/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˈɛθ.ɪ.kli] (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree English ethical Middle English -ly English -ly English ethically From ethical + -ly.

Meanings

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.

Forms

Antonyms

unethically

Deriveds

ethically challenged

Relateds

morally

Translations (7)

enm honestly (in an ethical manner) · it eticamente (in an ethical manner) · pt eticamente (in an ethical manner) · es éticamente (in an ethical manner) · gl eticamente (in an ethical manner) · ca èticament (in an ethical manner) · pt eticamente (concerning ethics)