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illicitly

illicitly adverb: in an illicit manner; illegally, immorally, or inappropriately.

Adverb

illicitly (comparative more illicitly, superlative most illicitly)

  1. In an illicit manner; illegally, immorally, or inappropriately.
    • India is merely the geopsychic site for a cluster of undesirabilities that continue to be illicitly desired.1999, Balachandra Rajan, Under Western Eyes: India from Milton to Macaulay, page 91

illicitly meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

illicitly in Tamil

எதிராக, விதிமுறைக்கு முரணாக

illicitly in Urdu

ناجائز طور پر

illicitly in Bengali

অবৈধ ভাবে, বেআইনিভাবে, অনৈতিকভাবে, অনুপযুক্তভাবে

Synonyms of illicitly

7 more synonymsFewer synonyms

Forms of illicitly

comparativemore illicitly
superlativemost illicitly

Origin of illicitly

From illicit + -ly.

Questions about illicitly

What does illicitly mean?
Illicitly means in an illicit manner; illegally, immorally, or inappropriately.
What is illicitly in Tamil?
Illicitly in Tamil is எதிராக, விதிமுறைக்கு முரணாக. See Illicitly meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is illicitly?
Illicitly is an adverb.

Words near illicitly in the dictionary

  1. illiberties
  2. illiberty
  3. illicia
  4. illiciaceous
  5. illicit
  6. illicitly
  7. illicitness
  8. illicitous
  9. illicits
  10. illicium
  11. Illidge

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Adapted from Wiktionary: illicitly (page history and authors); illicitly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); illicitly (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); illicitly (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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