uncriminallyadv.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, criminally adv.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + criminally adv. Compare uncriminal adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈcriminally.
society > law > rule of law > [adverb] > not transgressing the law
a1864 N. Hawthorne (1872) 44 A human life, taken (however uncriminally) by his own hands.
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