licitly
1
8.2
- adverb
- /ˈlɪsɪtli/
- Formal
:
lícitamente
- Actions that are intrinsically evil, then, may never licitly be performed.
Examples
-
All businesses must operate licitly to comply with regulations and avoid legal issues.
-
Artifacts like that existed licitly only in museums and to the annual Hawass winners.
Fiction book (2001) -
Downloading is also a means of transferring, licitly or not, data from one computer to another, and therefore the stuff of console cowboy legend.
Academic text (1997) -
It's similar to how ectopic pregnancies or uterine cancer can be licitly treated while a woman is pregnant.
Blog text (29) -
Women, just as the members of the laity who are men, may baptize licitly in danger of death, and validly at any time.
Academic text (1997) -
Another thing the fanon brings to the table, if the Pope keeps using it: hitherto, the Pope has routinely celebrated the liturgy wearing nothing at all that was distinctive of his rank, the only prelate in Christendom to do so licitly.
Blog text (24) -
But Perkowitz can already declare, "We create and carry fields of order through an enigmatic cosmos," as he edges into a neglected philosophy that could use such anthropomorphism licitly in metaphorical and real judgments.
Academic text (1998) -
He earned his money licitly by working hard and following the law.
-
The charity only accepts donations that are licitly obtained to maintain its integrity.
Synonyms
421
2.8
In a way that the law allows
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
In a way that rules or the law allow
Antonyms
How Lawful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Licitly comes from an old Latin word licere that meant 'to be allowed' and is the same idea behind license. So, to do something licitly is to do it with permission and within the law.