lawfully
adverb
formaluk/ˈlɔː.fəl.i/us/ˈlɑː.fəl.i/in a way that isallowedbylaw:
Shemaintainedthat she wasactinglawfully.
Thedocumentationmeantthat they could lawfullyworkin theUnitedStates.
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lawful
- Tobacco can besoldlawfully only to those 18 andolder.
- He can lawfully beheldforquestioning.
- lawfullyprescribedmedications
Legal & illegal
- bang to rightsidiom
- bookable
- chargeable
- concealed carryidiom
- consent
- constitutionality
- controverted election
- criminally
- heinous
- illegitimate
- legally
- legitimate
- licit
- non-criminal
- non-legal
- non-valid
- nonconstitutional
- shady
- unlawful
- unlicensed