lawfully

Questions about lawfully

What does lawfully mean?

lawfully means "in a manner acceptable to common custom". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lawfully?

lawfully has 3 syllables: law-ful-ly. The stress falls on "law". In IPA it is /ˈlɔfəli/.

What is another word for lawfully?

Close synonyms include legitimately, licitly, legally, de jure. 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 lawfully?

The recorded antonyms are lawlessly, unlawfully.

Is lawfully a common word?

lawfully 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.

What rhymes with lawfully?

1 word rhymes with lawfully. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.