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Synonyms for lawfully
law·ful·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
legitimately, lawfully, licitlyadverb
in a manner acceptable to common custom
"you cannot do this legitimately!"
Synonyms:
licitly, legally, legitimately, de jureAntonyms:
lawlessly, unlawfully, illicitly, illegallylegally, lawfully, de jureadverb
by law; conforming to the law
"we are lawfully wedded now"
Synonyms:
licitly, legally, legitimately, de jureAntonyms:
lawlessly, unlawfully, illicitly, illegally
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "lawfully":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#8183 | legally | |
#29038 | lawfully | |
#36965 | rightfully | |
#37221 | legitimately | |
#129433 | licit |
How to use lawfully in a sentence?
This man had no criminal record. He shot his grandmother in the face. He lawfully purchased a gun, i can't think of a law that would have stopped this particular shooting.
We're going to try to halt The President from violating The Constitution, the separation of powers, from stealing money from Americans and states that has been allocated by Congress, lawfully.
To make a long story short, I think the effort to have him confirmed is principally with an eye toward attempting to ratify all of the programs and policies that could be struck down by courts holding his acting appointment was unlawful, from the perspective of a new administration rolling back this administration's policies, it shouldn't make a difference whether they're promulgated by a Senate-confirmed secretary or someone lawfully exercising the duties of the office on an acting basis.
I don't see what the privilege is here that prevents him from providing information that is lawfully and appropriately subpoenaed by these three different committees, rudy Giuliani and others in support of the President have gone on television day after day after day saying as the thrust of their argument here that the whistleblower relies on hearsay information, second hand information.
Our decision, as noted does not expand the categories of people who may lawfully possess a gun and federal law generally forbids the possession of a handgun by a person who is under the age of 18.
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- قانونیPersian
- secara hukumIndonesian
- โดยชอบด้วยกฎหมายThai
- 合法地Chinese
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