Modifies a noun

• tone: The constant scheming and action make them gripping tales of intrigue with a funny and mildly moralistic tone.

• view: It is precisely this moralistic view of authority that Machiavelli criticizes at length in his best-known treatise, The Prince.

• approach: The strong religious current running through the Administration and the Republican Party demands a moralistic approach to international politics.

• attitude: It seems to imply total abstinence or a moralistic, rigid attitude to the consumption of drink.

• stance: Her moralistic stance will intensify her resentments, since resentment is the ground of social morality.

• judgment: Svankmajer the artist does not revel in making moralistic judgements.

Modifying Another Word

• very: This, together with the influence of the different religions, created a very moralistic climate which was not always conducive to home care.

• too: I hope this doesn't sound too moralistic, but no matter how it may look like, it's my honest opinion.

• increasingly: The environment debate has become increasingly moralistic: restraint is good, production and consumption are bad.

• extremely: We then remembered that children's fairy tales at that time were very menacing - Grimm's fairly tales were horrifying and extremely moralistic.

• overtly: In this overtly moralistic fable, Stu's extramarital sins are limited to taking off his wedding ring for his daily phone calls.