What does legitimately mean?

legitimately 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 legitimately?

legitimately has 5 syllables: legi-tim-a-te-ly. The stress falls on "tim". In IPA it is /ləˈdʒɪtəmətli/.

What is another word for legitimately?

Close synonyms include lawfully, licitly. 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 legitimately?

The recorded antonyms are illegitimately, illegitimately.

Is legitimately a common word?

legitimately is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Legitimately — meaning and pronunciation

adverb

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

1.
in a manner acceptable to common custom
“you cannot do this legitimately!”
Synonymslawfully licitly
Antonymsillegitimately
2.
in a lawfully recognized manner
“let's get married so our child can be born legitimately”
Antonymsillegitimately

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