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Antonyms for legitimately
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : adjective, noun li-jit-uh-mit; verb li-jit-uh-meyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : adjective, noun lɪˈdʒɪt ə mɪt; verb lɪˈdʒɪt əˌmeɪt |
Definition of legitimately
Origin :- 1590s, from Medieval Latin legitimatus, past participle of legitimare (see legitimate (adj.)). Related: Legitimated; legitimating.
- As in justly : adv fairly
- As in really : adv without a doubt
- As in right : adv fairly, justly
- As in truly : adv really, doubtlessly
- As in legally : adv in accordance with the law
- As in rightfully : adv lawfully
- As in verily : adv really
- The only direction of inquiry is how they can be legitimately minimized.
- Extract from : « Herbert Hoover » by Vernon Kellogg
- Because I am in possession of rich ore, it does not follow that I did not come by it legitimately.
- Extract from : « The Highgrader » by William MacLeod Raine
- As a matter of fact, the road was not yet legitimately dark.
- Extract from : « The Napoleon of Notting Hill » by Gilbert K. Chesterton
- The field is legitimately open to speculation where all agree that all is hopeless.
- Extract from : « Lord George Bentinck » by Benjamin Disraeli
- Whatever credit is due to Young for securing it, is legitimately his.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Mormons » by William Alexander Linn
- I think you may legitimately persuade Rachel to stay, if you can.
- Extract from : « The Indifference of Juliet » by Grace S. Richmond
- It was what might be legitimately considered a 'star cast company.'
- Extract from : « A Pirate of Parts » by Richard Neville
- Men standing by for action and not getting it legitimately, try to get it in some other way.
- Extract from : « The U-boat hunters » by James B. Connolly
- Not that those persuasions were legitimately servile to such influences.
- Extract from : « The Confidence-Man » by Herman Melville
- This seems to me to be the author's meaning, and it is legitimately expressed.
- Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 196, July 30, 1853 » by Various
Synonyms for legitimately
- absolutely
- accurately
- actually
- admittedly
- allowably
- as a matter of fact
- assuredly
- authentically
- authorized
- befittingly
- beneficently
- benevolently
- benignly
- beyond doubt
- beyond question
- by law
- candidly
- categorically
- certainly
- charitably
- conceded
- confirmedly
- conscientiously
- constantly
- constitutionally
- correctly
- de facto
- decently
- decorously
- definitely
- deservedly
- devotedly
- dispassionately
- duly
- duteously
- dutifully
- easily
- enforcibly
- equally
- equitably
- ethically
- evenhandedly
- evenly
- exactly
- factually
- fairly
- faithfully
- firmly
- fitly
- fittingly
- for fair
- for real
- frankly
- genuinely
- helpfully
- honestly
- honorably
- impartially
- in actuality
- in effect
- in fact
- in point of fact
- in reality
- in truth
- indeed
- indubitably
- juridically
- justly
- lawfully
- legally
- legitimately
- licitly
- literally
- loyally
- moderately
- morally
- nicely
- no ifs ands or buts
- nothing else but
- objectively
- of course
- permissibly
- piously
- positively
- precisely
- properly
- reasonably
- reliably
- respectably
- righteously
- rightfully
- rightly
- sincerely
- squarely
- staunchly
- steadily
- straightforwardly
- surely
- temperately
- tolerantly
- truly
- truthfully
- undoubtedly
- unequivocally
- unmistakably
- unquestionably
- unreservedly
- uprightly
- veraciously
- verily
- veritably
- very
- virtuously
- warranted
- well
- with all one's heart
- with devotion
- without a doubt
- without bias
- without prejudice
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