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high-mindedly
adverb
(alsohighmindedly)uk /ˌhaɪˈmaɪn.dɪd.li/ us /ˌhaɪˈmaɪn.dɪd.li/
in a way that shows you have very high moral standards of behaviour:
She high-mindedly refuses to own a car because it is bad for the environment.
In an optimal classroom, she argued highmindedly, all students would be given an equal opportunity to succeed and thrive.
Related word
high-minded
High-mindedly, she recused herself from the judges' panel because she was friends with the aunt of one of the contestants.
If Parliament is to enjoy public esteem, the reformers argue highmindedly, it must provide a model of modernity and family-friendliness.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Virtue and moral good
altruism
angel
angelic
angelically
be as pure as the driven snowidiom
justifiably
justified
loftiness
lofty
magnanimity
rightness
saintly
self-forgetful
self-forgetfully
the road to hell is paved with good intentionsidiom
upstanding
virtuous
virtuously
white hat
wholesomely
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