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Definition: Ethically |
EthicallyAdverb1. In an ethical manner; from an ethical point of view; according to ethics; "he behaved ethically"; "this is ethically unacceptable". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "ethically" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1780. (references) |
| Antonym: unethically (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Ethically |
| English words defined with "ethically": error ♦ just ♦ wrongdoing. (references) |
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Screenplays | Ethically and technologically they were a million years ahead of humankind, for in unlocking the meaning of nature they had conquered even their baser selves, and when in the course of eons they had abolished sickness and insanity, crime and all injustice, they turned, still in high benevolence, upwards towards space. (Forbidden Planet; writing credit: Irving Block; Allen Adler) Legally he's right, Ethically he's an ass. (Alias; writing credit: Robert Soulé; Henri de Turenne) | |
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Health | If this method is found to be medically feasible and ethically acceptable, the time a patient must wait for a usable kidney could be greatly reduced. (references) | |
Ethically sound, specific policies for storage, ownership, and use in future studies of archived samples remaining from PKU testing should be established. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Ethically" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Ethically" is used about 59 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 59 | 44,010 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
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Beginning with "ethically": ethically-based. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
decision defensible ethically | 16 |
decision defensible elements ethically | 6 |
ethically mommy track | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ethically"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | "德地. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | recherche désintéressée (ethically-motivated research). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | ethisches. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 윤리 으로. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ethicallyay moral (ethical, ethics, moral, moral integrity, morale, morality, morals, spiritual). (various references) etičko. (various references) éticamente. (various references) етично. (various references) theo đúng luân thường đạo lý, hợp với luân thường đạo lý, có đạo đức. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Ethically" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: benthically, methicillin. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ethically" (pronounced e"thikulē or e"thiklē) |
| 5 | -i k u l ē | chronically, clinically, comically, critically, cynically, diametrically, electrically, electronically, empirically, fanatically, geographically, hermetically, historically, intrinsically, journalistically, magically, magnetically, majestically, mathematically, methodically, metrically, mineralogically, optimistically, parenthetically, pathetically, periodically, philosophically, physically, politically, pragmatically, ritualistically, romantically, sardonically, scientifically, skeptically, statistically, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactically, technically, technologically, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, uncritically. |
| 4 | -k u l ē | botanically, broccoli, fiscally, frantically, locally, luckily, unequivocally, vocally. |
| 3 | -u l ē | abnormally, abysmally, accidentally, actually, additionally, agriculturally, anecdotally, anencephaly, angrily, annually, anomaly, arbitrarily, architecturally, artfully, artificially, beneficially, bilaterally, blissfully, bodily, brutally, busily, carefully, casually, centrally, cerebrally, cheerfully, Cicely, circumstantially, civilly, clumsily, coincidentally, commercially, conceptually, conditionally, confidentially, congressionally, conspiratorially, constitutionally, continentally, continually, contractually, contradictorily, conventionally, cordially, crazily, criminally, culturally, customarily, delightfully, developmentally, diagonally, digitally, dismally, diurnally, dorsally, dreadfully, dutifully, easily, editorially, educationally, eerily, emotionally, environmentally, equally, essentially, eternally, eventually, exceptionally, experimentally, exponentially, externally, extraordinarily, facsimile, factually, faithfully, family, fatally, federally, finally, financially, fitfully, florally, forcefully, formally, fractionally, frightfully, frugally, functionally, fundamentally, gainfully, generally, generationally, giggly, gleefully, globally, gloomily, governmentally, gracefully, gradually, gratefully, gravelly, gravitationally, greedily, habitually, handily, happily, hastily, haughtily, heartily, heavily, helpfully, homily, hopefully, horizontally, hungrily, icily, illegally, impartially, incidentally, incrementally, individually, industrially, informally, initially, institutionally, intellectually, intentionally, internally, internationally, involuntarily, irrationally, jauntily, joyfully, judicially, lawfully, lazily, legally, liberally, literally, loyally, manfully, manually, marginally, masterfully, materially, meaningfully, medicinally, mentally, mercifully, merrily, mightily, militarily, minimally, momentarily, monetarily, monopoly, monumentally, morally, mortally, multifamily, multilaterally, municipally, mutually, nasally, nationally, nattily, naturally, necessarily, noisily, nominally, normally, novelly, nutritionally, occasionally, officially, oligopoly, operationally, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, originally, painfully, partially, peacefully, perennially, peripherally, perpetually, personally, phenomenally, pitifully, playfully, potentially, preferentially, preliminarily, presidentially, primarily, procedurally, professionally, proportionally, provincially, provisionally, purposefully, quintessentially, racially, radially, rationally, readily, regally, regionally, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, royally, ruefully, satisfactorily, scantily, seasonally, secondarily, semiannually, sequentially, serenely, severally, sexually, skillfully, sleepily, sloppily, socially, specially, speedily, spiritually, statutorily, steadily, steamily, structurally, subfamily, subliminally, substantially, subtly, successfully, summarily, supremely, tactfully, tangentially, tastefully, tearfully, temperamentally, temporally, temporarily, terminally, territorially, testily, thankfully, thoughtfully, totally, traditionally, Tripoli, truthfully, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, uneasily, unhappily, unilaterally, unintentionally, universally, unlawfully, unnaturally, unnecessarily, unofficially, unsuccessfully, unusually, usefully, usually, virtually, viscerally, visually, vitally, voluntarily, warily, wearily, wiggly, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, wistfully, wittily, wobbly, woefully, wonderfully, wrongfully. |
| 4 | -i k l ē | academically, acoustically, aerobically, aerodynamically, aesthetically, algebraically, alphabetically, analytically, angelically, apologetically, artistically, astronomically, authentically, automatically, basically, biologically, categorically, characteristically, chronologically, classically, cosmetically, democratically, demographically, diplomatically, dogmatically, domestically, dramatically, drastically, ecologically, economically, ecstatically, emphatically, energetically, enthusiastically, erratically, ethnically, euphemistically, fantastically, forensically, generically, genetically, geometrically, geopolitically, graphically, heroically, hypothetically, hysterically, ideologically, idiotically, ironically, linguistically, logically, logistically, lyrically, mechanically, metaphorically, microscopically, musically, numerically, optically, organically, pathologically, phonetically, physiologically, poetically, prolifically, psychologically, publically, publicly, radically, realistically, rhetorically, rhythmically, sarcastically, specifically, sporadically, stoically, strategically, stylistically, symmetrically, synthetically, systematically, systemically, terrifically, thematically, theologically, tragically, uncharacteristically, undiplomatically, unrealistically, vertically, volcanically. |
| 3 | -k l ē | alchemically, anatomically, athletically, biweekly, blankly, briskly, brusquely, chemically, darkly, frankly, grotesquely, likely, medically, meekly, newsweekly, obliquely, paradoxically, practically, prickly, quickly, sickly, sleekly, slickly, sparkly, starkly, thickly, typically, uniquely, unlikely, weakly, weekly. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-i-l-l-t-y" | |
-2 letters: challie, ethical, ethylic, helical, hellcat, hyalite, laithly, lecythi, lichtly, lithely, techily, thallic. | |
-3 letters: acetyl, atelic, callet, chalet, chally, chilly, chital, halite, heliac, hyetal, lacily, lately, leachy, lealty, lethal, taille, telial, thalli, thecal. | |
-4 letters: aitch, alley, cella, celli, cheat, chela, chiel, chile, chill, chyle, cleat, eclat, ethic, ethyl, hilly, ileac, ileal, itchy, lacey, laich. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-i-l-l-t-y" | |
+1 letter: ethnically, hectically, thetically. | |
+2 letters: aphetically, heretically, technically, thermically. | |
+3 letters: athletically, bathetically, empathically, emphatically, hermetically, hieratically, hysterically, leachability, methodically, pathetically, phonetically, phyletically, rhetorically, theatrically, theistically, thematically. | |
+4 letters: acetylcholine, aesthetically, apathetically, atheistically, authentically, epiphytically, heuristically, intrathecally, lethargically, orthoepically, prophetically, rheumatically, schematically, synthetically, theologically, theoretically. | |
+5 letters: acetylcholines, alphabetically, anesthetically, antithetically, arithmetically, empathetically, euphuistically, exothermically, hedonistically, hypothetically, immethodically, mathematically, metaphorically, metaphysically, metathetically, orthopedically, phenotypically, philatelically, phlegmatically, photogenically, polytheistical, prosthetically, telepathically, telephonically, theocratically, theosophically, unemphatically, unhysterically. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 74 68 69 63 61 6C 6C 79 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references). - .... .. -.-. .- .-.. .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01110100 01101000 01101001 01100011 01100001 01101100 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E t h i c a l l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0074 0068 0069 0063 0061 006C 006C 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)398674756967787891 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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