legally

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adverb by law; conforming to the law
  2. adverb in a legal manner

Etymology

From legal + -ly. Piecewise doublet of leally and loyally.

In classic literature

Synonyms

lawfully, de jure

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