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Antonyms for lawfully
Grammar : Adv |
Spell : law-fuhl |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɔ fəl |
Definition of lawfully
Origin :- c.1300, laghful; cf. Old Norse logfullr (see law). Related: Lawfully; lawfulness.
- As in justly : adv fairly
- As in right : adv fairly, justly
- As in legally : adv in accordance with the law
- As in rightly : adv uprightly
- Can you say that it was lawfully born according to your Christian marriage?
- Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine
- In this all that can lawfully be inflicted upon the convict is involved.
- Extract from : « The Prison Chaplaincy, And Its Experiences » by Hosea Quinby
- I have just as much regard for one lawfully divorced as I have for one lawfully married.
- Extract from : « The Wedding Ring » by T. De Witt Talmage
- But I never have had any contact with any man but my lawfully wedded husband.
- Extract from : « Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls » by Various
- Well, you must have got it from your lawfully wedded husband then.
- Extract from : « Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls » by Various
- What is beyond their own power, the vulgar cannot comprehend to be lawfully in the power of others.
- Extract from : « Zanoni » by Edward Bulwer Lytton
- This meant, in effect, that none could be lawfully taken away.
- Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920 » by Various
- But she is lawfully put forth; and Queen Jane as lawfully proclaimed.
- Extract from : « Robin Tremayne » by Emily Sarah Holt
- He has no right to treat him as he may lawfully treat his ox, or a tree.
- Extract from : « Cotton is King and The Pro-Slavery Arguments » by Various
- "I want only what is lawfully my own," Jack answered, firmly.
- Extract from : « The Young Surveyor; » by J. T. Trowbridge
Synonyms for lawfully
- accurately
- admittedly
- allowably
- appropriately
- authorized
- befittingly
- beneficently
- benevolently
- benignly
- by law
- candidly
- charitably
- conceded
- conscientiously
- constitutionally
- correctly
- decently
- decorously
- dispassionately
- duly
- duteously
- dutifully
- enforcibly
- equally
- equitably
- ethically
- evenhandedly
- evenly
- exactly
- fairly
- fitly
- fittingly
- frankly
- helpfully
- honestly
- honorably
- impartially
- juridically
- justifiably
- justly
- lawfully
- legally
- legitimately
- licitly
- moderately
- morally
- nicely
- objectively
- permissibly
- piously
- properly
- reasonably
- reliably
- respectably
- righteously
- rightfully
- rightly
- sincerely
- squarely
- straightforwardly
- suitably
- temperately
- tolerantly
- truly
- unreservedly
- uprightly
- virtuously
- warranted
- well
- without bias
- without prejudice
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