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Definitions: Legitimately |
LegitimatelyAdverb1. In a manner acceptable to common custom; "you cannot do this legitimately!". 2. In a lawfully recognized manner; "let's get married so our child can be born legitimately". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "legitimately" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Synonyms: LegitimatelySynonyms: lawfully (adv), licitly (adv). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: illegally (adv), illegitimately (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Legitimately |
| English words defined with "legitimately": broad interpretation ♦ judicial activism ♦ lawfully, licitly ♦ Mulierly. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "legitimately": SOCIETY SLANG, Surface of the Earth. (references) |
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Screenplays | A hard-on should be achieved legitimately or it shouldn't be achieved at all. (Analyze This; writing credit: Kenneth Lonergan; Peter Tolan) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Jackson delegate ticket. No "favored few, booted and spurred, ready to ride us legitimately by the grace of God".Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The same shall apply in respect of the capital and reserves accumulated in Germany falling legitimately to other social insurance funds, to miners, superannuation funds, to the fund of the railways of Alsace-Lorraine, to other superannuation organisations established for the benefit of the personnel of public administrations and institutions operating in Alsace-Lorraine and also in respect of the capital and reserves due by the insurance fund of private employees at Berlin, by reason of engagements entered into for the benefit of insured persons of that category resident in Alsace-Lorraine. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Ghana | The NGO argued that the Government should enact legislation compelling all children to be immunized before it could legitimately force guardians to immunize their own children. (references) |
Russia | According to NGO's, the city of Moscow, in addition to some other cities, frequently violated the rights of nonresidents and ethnic minorities, as well as the rights of those legitimately seeking asylum. (references) | |
Ghana | On the same day, the Minister of Communications accused the journalists of misleading the public and defended the role of the BNI by noting that it may legitimately assist police in investigations as necessary. (references) | |
Economic History | Lebanon | However, the new law allows educational institutions and students to copy legitimately acquired software for non-commercial use. (references) |
Belarus | In addition, Lukashenko used his newly centralized power to repress human rights throughout the country, but particularly members of the disbanded 13th Supreme Soviet, the legitimately elected parliament at the time, or former members of his own government. (references) | |
Human Rights | South Africa | In September the charged trespassers were acquitted, because they believed they legitimately had bought the plots. (references) |
Worker Rights | Jamaica | Approximately 100 were judged legitimately sick and allowed to return to work. (references) |
Bolivia | The law requires the Government to confirm the legitimately elected officers of unions; while this is sometimes difficult due to the fact that unions usually do not follow clearly democratic practices, the Government is not known to favor candidates for political or other reasons. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Buchanan | 1857-1861 | Besides, it is a judicial question, which legitimately belongs to the Supreme Court of the United States, before whom it is now pending, and will, it is understood, be speedily and finally settled. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | There is only one way safely and legitimately to reduce the cost of national security, and that is to reduce the need for it. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Legitimately" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Legitimately" is used about 273 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 273 | 17,765 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "legitimately"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Bulgarian | с пълно основание, законно. (various references) | ||||
Chinese | 合法地 (lawfully). (various references) | ||||
Czech | legitimnì. (various references) | ||||
German | legitim (legitimate). (various references) | ||||
Hungarian | törvényesen (rightfully), szabály szerint. (various references) | ||||
Korean | 당하게 (justly, rightfully). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | egitimatelylay | ||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | iuste. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "legitimately": illegitimately. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "legitimately" (pronounced luji"tumutlē) |
| 7 | -t u m u t l ē | intimately, ultimately. |
| 6 | -u m u t l ē | approximately. |
| 4 | -u t l ē | accurately, adequately, affectionately, alternately, appropriately, commensurately, compassionately, definitely, deliberately, delicately, desperately, dispassionately, disproportionately, elaborately, explicitly, exquisitely, fortunately, illicitly, immaculately, immediately, implicitly, inaccurately, inadequately, inappropriately, indefinitely, indiscriminately, infinitely, inordinately, intricately, minutely, moderately, passionately, privately, proportionately, quietly, secretly, separately, tacitly, unfortunately. |
| 3 | -t l ē | abruptly, absolutely, abundantly, accidently, acutely, adamantly, adroitly, apparently, aptly, ardently, arrogantly, astutely, blatantly, bluntly, brightly, brilliantly, coherently, competently, complacently, completely, concomitantly, concretely, concurrently, confidently, consequently, consistently, constantly, conveniently, correctly, costly, courtly, covertly, currently, curtly, decently, defiantly, deftly, devoutly, differently, difficultly, diligently, directly, discreetly, dishonestly, distinctly, earnestly, efficiently, elegantly, eloquently, eminently, evidently, exactly, excellently, expertly, extravagantly, exultantly, faintly, fervently, firstly, flagrantly, flamboyantly, flatly, fluently, forthrightly, fortnightly, fraudulently, frequently, gently, ghastly, ghostly, greatly, hesitantly, honestly, hotly, imminently, impatiently, imperfectly, importantly, imprudently, inadvertently, incessantly, incoherently, incompetently, incorrectly, independently, indignantly, indirectly, inefficiently, ineptly, infrequently, inherently, innately, innocently, insistently, instantly, insufficiently, intelligently, intently, intermittently, jointly, justly, knightly, lastly, lately, leniently, lightly, magnificently, manifestly, militantly, modestly, mostly, motley, neatly, negligently, nightly, nonchalantly, obediently, overtly, partly, patently, patiently, perfectly, permanently, persistently, pleasantly, poignantly, politely, portly, predominantly, presently, priestly, prominently, promptly, prudently, pungently, quaintly, raptly, recently, reluctantly, remotely, resolutely, reverently, rightly, robustly, saintly, shortly, significantly, silently, slightly, smartly, softly, sprightly, stately, steadfastly, stoutly, strictly, stridently, stringently, subsequently, succinctly, sufficiently, sweetly, swiftly, tightly, transparently, triumphantly, unjustly, unpleasantly, unsightly, urgently, valiantly, vastly, vehemently, violently, virulently, Whitely. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-g-i-i-l-l-m-t-t-y" | |
-2 letters: legitimate. | |
-4 letters: legality, litigate, melilite, militate, mitigate, tallitim. | |
-5 letters: agilely, agility, egalite, galilee, imitate, layette, meatily, meltage, mileage, millage, teatime, tillage, tillite. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-g-i-i-l-l-m-t-t-y" | |
+2 letters: illegitimately. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 65 67 69 74 69 6D 61 74 65 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-.. . --. .. - .. -- .- - . .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01100101 01100111 01101001 01110100 01101001 01101101 01100001 01110100 01100101 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L e g i t i m a t e l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0065 0067 0069 0074 0069 006D 0061 0074 0065 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)467173758675796786717891 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Historic 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Quotations: Speeches | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Translations: Modern 11. Translations: Ancient 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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