lawfully

  • (r) in a manner acceptable to common custom
    • you cannot do this legitimately!
    legitimately, licitly,
  • (r) by law; conforming to the law
    • we are lawfully wedded now
    de jure, legally,

Synonyms

legitimately licitly de jure legally

Antonyms

illegitimately illicitly illegally lawlessly unlawfully

Words of close approximity

lawfully-begotten