legally
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2.8
- adverb
- /ˈliːɡəli/
:
legalmente
- Just as a doctor, attorney, or architect, one must be licensed to legally perform certain critical services.
- legally binding
- legally permissible
- legally enforceable
But until then, I can't legally talk about the shoot.
- But until then, I can't legally talk about the shoot.
- For example, fight them legally or speak out against them.
- Products are taxed because they are not legally deemed a necessity.
- I went through the process legally and it was not easy.
- Other people in my position, they legally cannot speak.
- And the whole time legally it's all tax free.
- So he went in, purchased the gun legally at a pawn shop.
- So we know pretty clearly what legally needs to change.
- I mean, I guess legally speaking, I'm a criminal, right?
- We and to do that legally, there's things called bug bounties.
- I might have got it legally back in the day.
Examples
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Yes, legally, I am old enough.
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I found a clean, well lit place to legally buy cannabis.
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The rest of us were doing what we were legally required to do.
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I went through the process legally and it was not easy.
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No one had any idea that it was his legally registered name.
Fiction book (1991) -
That means you cannot legally remarry.
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"Whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty?" "Legally, you are innocent until proven guilty."
Fiction book (1994) -
I now pronounce these twin brothers legally married.
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"You have to be twenty-one before you can drink legally in Massachusetts," Claire explained to Roger.
Fiction book (1992) -
She can now work legally in the country after receiving her visa.
Synonyms
72
3.7
In a fair and legal way
62
3.7
In a way that follows the law or accepted rules
39
2.5
In a way that the law allows
4
5.6
Something should happen because it is fair or proper
2
4.8
According to the law or what is fair
1
8.2
In a way that follows the law
1
8.4
In a way that concerns the law
According to law or right, even if not true in practice
In a way that relates to law and rights
In a way that rules or the law allow
In a way the rules allow
Antonyms
How Legal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Legally comes from an old Latin word lex which means 'law', and you can see the same root in legal and legislation. So, legally means doing something 'according to the law'.