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English Dictionary: legitimately by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
legitimately
adv
  1. in a manner acceptable to common custom; "you cannot do this legitimately!"
    Synonym(s): legitimately, lawfully, licitly
    Antonym(s): illegally, illegitimately, illicitly, lawlessly
  2. in a lawfully recognized manner; "let's get married so our child can be born legitimately"
    Antonym(s): illegitimately, out of wedlock
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Legitimately \Le*git"i*mate*ly\ (-m[asl]t*l[ycr]), adv.
      In a legitimate manner; lawfully; genuinely.
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