immorally

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin im-

English im-

Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *mōs

Latin mōs

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin mōrālis

Old French moralbor.

Middle English moral

English moral

English immoral

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English immorally

From immoral + -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

immorally (comparative more immorally, superlative most immorally)

1. In an immoral manner, not morally, wrongly.

   Synonyms: improperly, indecently, unseemly; see also Thesaurus:unvirtuously

   Antonyms: morally; see also Thesaurus:virtuously

   Noticing the fiver that fell out his friend's pocket, he was reluctant to behave immorally.

Translations

in an immoral manner

• Catalan: immoralment (ca)
• Finnish: moraalittomasti (fi)
• Galician: inmoralmente
• German: unmoralisch (de)
• Portuguese: imoralmente (pt)
• Spanish: inmoralmente (es)

See also

• amorally