English hit out at conservative associate with good conduct (9)
I believe the answer is:
ethically
'english hit out at conservative associate with good conduct' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'english hit out at conservative associate with' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'hit out' becomes 'thi' (anagram of 'hit').
'at' says to put letters next to each other.
'conservative' becomes 'C' (UK political abbreviation).
'associate with' becomes 'ally' (allying is a kind of associating with).
'e'+'thi'+'c'+'ally'='ETHICALLY'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ethically that I've seen before include "In a moral way" , "Morally" , "Properly" .)