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1592 A. Fraunce 3rd Pt. Countesse of Pembrokes Yuychurch f. 47^v Circe may be either physically or ethically expounded.

1649 J. Bulwer Pathomyotomia Pref. sig. A7^v Those also that shall hereafter Physically and Ethically handle the Doctrine of humane Affections.

1674 Govt. Tongue ix. §2. 150 Besides my subject leads me not to discourse ethically, but Christianly of the faults of the tongue.

1721 Weekly Jrnl. 15 Apr. 739/2 From the Principles you lay down, you infer Conclusions logically true; nay, for the most part also ethically true, yet are those Principles generally false.

1783 R. Wooddeson Elements of Jurispr. iii. 48 We cannot expect that all acts of legislators will, or can be entirely good, ethically perfect.

1861 Sat. Rev. 21 Dec. 636 Little can be said ethically, and nothing prudentially, for foolish things written.

1874 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David IV. Ps. xcii. 1 It is good ethically, for it is the Lord's right.

1940 E. Mann in S. V. Benét et al. Zero Hour (1970) ii. 71 Don't you think that a country at war or in a state of preparation for war necessarily disintegrates ethically to such an extent that in the end it forgets what it is fighting for?

1975 L. M. Friedman Legal Syst. i. 17 The concept of justice is the notion of meting out to persons and groups what they deserve, ethically speaking.

2002 D. Goleman et al. Business: Ultimate Resource 1211/2 Demand is rising for products that are high quality, ethically produced, well priced, and safe.