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How to use legitimately in a sentence

16 example sentences · adverb

Legitimately means in a legitimate manner, properly, fair and square. Example: “Later, when we played King's Quest 2, I remember being legitimately terrified while inside Dracula's castle.”

Examples of legitimately by meaning

adverbIn a legitimate manner, properly, fair and square.

  • Later, when we played King's Quest 2, I remember being legitimately terrified while inside Dracula's castle.2004 September 2, Emily Morganti, quoting Matthew Chapman, “Peasant’s Quest”, in adventuregamers.com, archived from the original on 23 Sep...
  • I bought the magazines, ran home after work, filmed myself flipping through the pages—half legitimately fangirling over the boys, half making fun of people like myself who fangirl over the boys.2015, Tyler Oakley, Binge, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN
  • The patient, in saying 'that's the strange thing' is making explicit the fact that, in selecting the possibility of disturbed sleeping habits as a manifestation of anxiety, the counsellor has correctly or legitimately used the documentary method.2016, Text and talk as social practice, page 67

More sentences with legitimately

  • And he’s legitimately one of the greatest fighters of all time.2022 February 23, @ImJustDEO, Twitter. From the entry allegededly
  • He was therefore legitimately consecrated bishop of Jining, in Inner Mongolia, at a ceremony Monday.2019 August 27, “First Chinese bishop consecrated with pope’s OK after deal”, in AP News, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2023. From the entry Jining
  • I was legitimately using Pinterest to find lesson ideas, home decorating tips, and healthy recipes.2016, Miranda Talley Reagan, STEM-Infusing the Elementary Classroom, SAGE Publications, →ISBN, page 5. From the entry Pinterest
  • We reviewed when and how hand washes were done legitimately for religious and functional purposes.2015, Leslie J. Shapiro, “Taking Control Where You Can and Must”, in Understanding OCD: Skills to Control the Conscience and Outsmart…. From the entry hand wash
  • The degree to which nonsupernaturalists and Neopagans may also legitimately be considered millennialist is less clear.2011, Catherine Wessinger, The Oxford Handbook of Millennialism, →ISBN, page 651. From the entry nonsupernaturalist
  • Curran, who opposes the papal ban on contraception, contends theologians may legitimately dissent from noninfallible teachings.1988 May 6, Robert McClory, “The Divine Right”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 25 Oct 2020. From the entry noninfallible
  • In the early part of the Cancon era, CKLW demonstrated considerable reluctance in programming legitimately locally-made singles.1973 May 19, Ritchie York, “Artist Claims CKLW’s Keen Interest Affects U.S. Hits”, in Billboard, volume 85, number 21, Los Angeles…. From the entry CanCon
  • That United were rattled, mentally as well as at times physically – legitimately so – was beyond question.2014 August 26, Richard Rae, “Manchester United humbled by MK Dons after Will Grigg hits double”, in The Guardian. From the entry rattle
  • In any case, psionics appears quite legitimately in science fiction.1976, Reginald Bretnor, The Craft of Science Fiction. From the entry psionics
  • Stimer's thought either endorses the anarchist notion that individuals cannot legitimately dominate others, or it endorses the archist idea that they can.2010, John F. Welsh, Max Stirner's dialectical egoism: a new interpretation, page 118. From the entry archist
  • One of the driving ideas on the left right now is presentism: the notion that figures from the past can legitimately be judged by contemporary mores and values.2021 June 18, Nick Bryant, “Once the future, US now captive to its past”, in BBC News. From the entry presentism
  • Federal aid for foster care - in effect a houser of last resort for children from troubled families - may also be legitimately described as an entitlement.2003, Scott Leckie, National Perspectives on Housing Rights, page 150. From the entry houser
  • There is also the "bijou problemette" (as my old chemistry teacher would say) that members of this consortium can't legitimately enter the quiz, since they wrote some of the questions.1999 February 11, Simon Nickerson, “Re: Trivia Quiz -- an announcement”, in alt.fan.eddings (Usenet). From the entry bijou problemette

Meaning of legitimately

  1. adverb In a legitimate manner, properly, fair and square.

Full definition of legitimately

Questions about legitimately in a sentence

How do you use legitimately in a sentence?
Legitimately is used as an adverb. For example: “Later, when we played King's Quest 2, I remember being legitimately terrified while inside Dracula's castle.”
What is a short sentence with legitimately?
“In any case, psionics appears quite legitimately in science fiction.”
What does legitimately mean?
Legitimately means in a legitimate manner, properly, fair and square.

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