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semilegitimately

semilegitimately adverb: in a semilegitimate manner.

Adverb

semilegitimately (not comparable)

  1. In a semilegitimate manner.
    • With 2 minutes 56 seconds left, the referees missed an easily seen reach-in by Webber, which sent him and Horry sprawling, but whistled Divac (semilegitimately) for his sixth foul.2008 June 13, Richard Sandomir, “On Further Review, That Game Was Badly Officiated”, in New York Times

Origin of semilegitimately

From semilegitimate + -ly.

Questions about semilegitimately

What does semilegitimately mean?
Semilegitimately means in a semilegitimate manner.
What part of speech is semilegitimately?
Semilegitimately is an adverb.

Words near semilegitimately in the dictionary

  1. semilegendary
  2. semilegible
  3. semilegislative
  4. semilegitimacy
  5. semilegitimate
  6. semilegitimately
  7. semilength
  8. semilengths
  9. semilens
  10. semilenses
  11. semilenticular

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