lawfully
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lawfully
Where it comes from
From Middle English lawefully, lawfulliche, lawefulliche; equivalent to lawful + -ly.
adverb more lawfully · most lawfully
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Conforming to the law; legally.
This grand ceremony was immediately followed by a proclamation expreſsly forbidding the Abyſſine clergy, monks, and prieſts, to perform any prieſtly functions till they were previouſly examined and approved by the patriarch ; there being ſome reaſon to doubt whether they had been lawfully examined.
Similar: licitly, lawfully, legally, legitimately
Opposite: unlawfully
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: legally, licitly, de jure, legitimately, wrongfully, legality, legitimacy, statutorily, legal, law, validly, justifiably, rightful, justly, rightfully, rightly
adverb
Opposite: unlawfully
Talk about this word "lawfully." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/lawfully. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. lawfully. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/lawfully "lawfully." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/lawfully.Cite this
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title = {lawfully},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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