What does illicitly mean?

illicitly means "in a manner disapproved or not allowed by custom". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in illicitly?

illicitly has 4 syllables: il-li-cit-ly. The stress falls on "il". In IPA it is /ˈɪlɪsɪtli/.

What is another word for illicitly?

Close synonyms include illegitimately, illegally, 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.

What is the opposite of illicitly?

The recorded antonyms are licitly.

Is illicitly a common word?

illicitly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Illicitly — meaning, pronunciation and 2 senses

adverb

2 sensesA word that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb.

1.
in a manner disapproved or not allowed by custom
“He acted illegitimately when he increased the rent fourfold”
Synonymsillegitimately
Antonymslicitly
2.
in an illegal manner
“they dumped the waste illegally”
Synonymsillegally lawlessly

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