legally

English

Etymology

From legal +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːɡəli/

• Audio (US):

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Adverb

legally (comparative more legally, superlative most legally)

1. As permitted by law; not contrary to law.

   Synonym: lawfully

   You can legally park in the lot on weekends without paying the fee, they won't ticket you.

   • 2012, Dinah Shelton, International Law and Domestic Legal Systems, page 624:

     On the question of whether a memorandum of understanding is legally binding, British courts have held that this is determined by the presence (or, as the case may be, absence) of an intention to create a legal obligation, on the part of the states parties concerned, at the time of entry into the arrangement.

2. From a legal perspective.

   Legally, I think you are covered, but there are angry guys with baseball bats outside.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “as permitted by law”): illegally

Collocations

with adjectives

• legally binding
• legally required
• legally responsible
• legally bound
• legally married
• legally entitled
• legally possible
• legally protected
• legally enforceable
• legally authorized
• legally obligated
• legally valid
• legally invalid
• legally registered
• legally qualified
• legally permitted
• legally defined
• legally mandated
• legally dead
• legally insane
• legally blind
• legally correct
• legally prescribed
• legally obliged
• legally defensible
• legally separated
• legally divorced
• legally wrong
• legally effective
• legally armed
• legally incorporated
• legally impossible

Translations

as permitted by law

• Asturian: llegalmente
• Catalan: legalment (ca)
• Danish: lovligt
• Esperanto: leĝe
• Finnish: laillisesti (fi)
• French: légalement (fr)
• Galician: legalmente
• German: legal (de)
• Greek: νομίμως (nomímos)
• Hungarian: legálisan (hu), törvényesen (hu)
• Italian: legalmente (it)
• Latin: lēge (la)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: juridisk (no)

• Old English: ǣwlīċe
• Persian: قانوناً (fa) (qânunan)
• Polish: legalnie (pl)
• Portuguese: legalmente (pt)
• Romanian: legal (ro)
• Russian: зако́нно (ru) (zakónno), лега́льно (ru) (legálʹno)
• Spanish: legalmente (es)
• Swedish: juridisk (sv)

from a legal perspective

• Catalan: legalment (ca)
• Danish: lovmæssigt
• Esperanto: laŭleĝe
• Finnish: juridisesti
• Greek: νομικώς (nomikós)
• Hungarian: jogilag (hu)
• Polish: legalnie (pl)
• Romanian: legal (ro), juridic (ro), juridicește (ro)