illegally

1. 1.

   in an illegal manner

   “they dumped the waste illegally”

   Synonymsillicitlylawlessly

Questions about illegally

What does illegally mean?

illegally means "in an illegal manner".

How many syllables are in illegally?

illegally has 4 syllables: il-le-gal-ly. The stress falls on "le". In IPA it is /ˌɪˈliɡəli/.

What is another word for illegally?

Close synonyms include illicitly, lawlessly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is illegally a common word?

illegally is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.