Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

premorally

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-moral-ly
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a premoral manner; before the development of a sense of morality.

Example Sentences

"McCormick and other ethicists, however, leave room for the possibility that some homosexual acts, while they may be premorally evil, are not morally evil and may, indeed, be morally good."

Etymology

From premoral + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: premoral

Questions

What does premorally mean?: In a premoral manner; before the development of a sense of morality.
Where does premorally come from?: From premoral + -ly.

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