Definition of Moralistically

1. Adverb. In a moralistic manner. ¹

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Definition of Moralistically

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Moralistically

morale-boosting
morale booster
morale builder
morale building
morales
moralisation
moralise
moralised
moralises
moralising
moralism
moralisms
moralist
moralistic
moralistic therapeutic deism
moralistically (current term)
moralists
moralities
morality
morality play
moralization
moralizations
moralize
moralized
moralizer
moralizers
moralizes
moralizing
morall
moralled

Literary usage of Moralistically

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Table Talk of John Selden by John Selden, Richard Milward (1892)
"He gives us even a Don Juan who moralistically announces, "I tell you that as long as I can conceive something better than myself, I cannot be easy unless I ..."

2. One Hundred Best Books: With Commentary and an Essay on Books and Reading by John Cowper Powys (1922)
"If he were himself less moralistically earnest the spice of the jest would disappear. His humor is not universal humor. It is topical humor; ..."

3. The Ground and Goal of Human Life by Charles Gray Shaw (1919)
"When art is compared with industry, it may be said that, if it be moralistically wrong for man to work in such a way that his product does not extend beyond ..."

4. Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing by Larry Chang (2006)
"Pema Chodron, 1936- ~ Start Where You Are, 1994 It does no good to think moralistically about how much time we waste. Wasted time is usually good soul time. ..."

5. Die Krisis in der Psychologie by Rudolf Willy (1899)
"Aber wie ein Fels im Meer (II, 317) steht the perfect object of belief God or Soul of the World — represented both optimistically and moralistically — — and ..."

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