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Synonyms for illegitimately

Grammar : Adv
Spell : adjective, noun il-i-jit-uh-mit; verb il-i-jit-uh-meyt
Phonetic Transcription : adjective, noun ˌɪl ɪˈdʒɪt ə mɪt; verb ˌɪl ɪˈdʒɪt əˌmeɪt


Définition of illegitimately

Origin :
  • 1530s, "born out of wedlock," formed in English (and replacing earlier illegitime, c.1500), modeled on Latin illegitimus "not legitimate" (see il- + legitimate). Sense of "unauthorized, unwarranted" is from 1640s. Phrase illegitimi non carborundum, usually "translated" as "don't let the bastards grind you down," is fake Latin (by 1965, said to date from c.1939) (Carborundum was a brand of abrasives).
  • As in unlawfully : adv illegally
Example sentences :
  • In many ways the position of the illegitimately born child, always sufficiently bad, has been rendered worse under war conditions.
  • Extract from : « Women's Wild Oats » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
  • The English law has always looked with great disfavor on the illegitimately born child.
  • Extract from : « Women's Wild Oats » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
  • Every illegitimately born child would be placed in a position of safety.
  • Extract from : « Women's Wild Oats » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
  • That is not the case, unless we give the word disease an inconveniently and illegitimately wide extension.
  • Extract from : « Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6) » by Havelock Ellis
  • If it cannot have representation legitimately, it will try to get it illegitimately or extra legitimately.
  • Extract from : « The Unpopular Review, Volume II Number 3 » by Various
  • The will, which is illegitimately stretched to include feeling, is treated as the creator as well as the discerner of reality.
  • Extract from : « Outspoken Essays » by William Ralph Inge
  • “Love” from any other source is illegitimately wearing a stolen name.
  • Extract from : « My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year » by John Henry Jowett
  • Should one happen to be illegitimately born, he is not eligible to a trade, though he even be holy.
  • Extract from : « Epistle Sermons, Vol. II » by Martin Luther

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