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legitimately
le·git·i·mate L0109200 (lə-jĭt′ə-mĭt)adj.1. a. Being in compliance with the law; lawful: a legitimate business.b. Being in accordance with established or accepted rules and standards: legitimate advertising practices.c. Valid or justifiable: a legitimate complaint.d. Based on logical reasoning: a legitimate deduction.2. Born of legally married parents: legitimate offspring.3. Of, relating to, or ruling by hereditary right: a legitimate monarch.4. Of or relating to drama of high professional quality that excludes burlesque, vaudeville, and some forms of musical comedy: the legitimate theater.tr.v. (-māt′) le·git·i·mat·ed, le·git·i·mat·ing, le·git·i·mates To legitimize.
[Middle English legitimat, born in wedlock, from Medieval Latin lēgitimātus, law-worthy, past participle of lēgitimāre, to make lawful, from Latin lēgitimus, legitimate, from lēx, lēg-, law; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]
le·git′i·mate·ly adv.le·git′i·mate·ness n.le·git′i·ma′tion n.le·git′i·mat′or (-māt′ər) n.Thesaurus| Adv. | 1. | legitimately - in a manner acceptable to common custom; "you cannot do this legitimately!"lawfully, licitlyillegitimately, illicitly - in a manner disapproved or not allowed by custom; "He acted illegitimately when he increased the rent fourfold" | | 2. | legitimately - in a lawfully recognized manner; "let's get married so our child can be born legitimately"out of wedlock, illegitimately - of biological parents not married to each other; "this child was born illegitimately" |
Translationslegitimate (liˈdʒitimət) adjective1. lawful. Is this procedure perfectly legitimate? 合法的 合法的2. (of a child) born to parents who are married to each other. 婚生的 合法婚姻所生的leˈgitimately adverb 合法地，婚生地 合法地leˈgitimacy noun 合法性，嫡出 合法性，正统 EncyclopediaSeelegitimateFinancialSeeLegitimatelegitimately
Related to legitimately: prioritise, reappraisal, end run, upheldSynonyms for legitimatelyadv in a manner acceptable to common customSynonymsAntonymsadv in a lawfully recognized mannerAntonyms- out of wedlock
- illegitimately
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