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Etymology

From ethical + -ly.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɛθɪkəli/, /ˈɛθɪkli/, [ˈɛθ.ɪk.li], [ˈɛθ.ɪ.kli]
    • Audio (US); [ˈæθ.ɪ.klɪ]:(file)

Adverb

ethically (comparative more ethically, superlative most ethically)

  1. In an ethical manner.
    • 2019 July 28, Sam Wolfson, “Looking for Mr T: the politicisation of testosterone”, in The Guardian:
      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, 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:
      It is easy to implement, is not cost-prohibitive, and provides unbiased randomly sampled data in an ethically acceptable manner.
  2. Concerning ethics.

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