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unlegally

unlegally adverb: not in a legal sense.

Adverb

unlegally (comparative more unlegally, superlative most unlegally)

  1. Not in a legal sense.
    • The Attorney General uses the word "outlaw" as poets or romancers might use it, unlegally and inaccurately.1839, John Henry Barrow, The Mirror of Parliament for the Second Session of the Fourteenth Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland, page 2509

Forms of unlegally

comparativemore unlegally
superlativemost unlegally

Origin of unlegally

From unlegal + -ly. Piecewise doublet of unloyally.

Questions about unlegally

What does unlegally mean?
Unlegally means not in a legal sense.
What part of speech is unlegally?
Unlegally is an adverb.

Words near unlegally in the dictionary

  1. unlegacied
  2. unlegal
  3. unlegalised
  4. unlegalistic
  5. unlegalized
  6. unlegally
  7. unlegendary
  8. unlegislate
  9. unlegislated
  10. unlegislates
  11. unlegislating

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