unlawfully

1. 1.

   not conforming to the law

   “they were unlawfully married”

   Antonymslawfully

Questions about unlawfully

What does unlawfully mean?

unlawfully means "not conforming to the law".

How many syllables are in unlawfully?

unlawfully has 4 syllables: un-law-ful-ly. The stress falls on "law". In IPA it is /ənˈlɔfəli/.

What is the opposite of unlawfully?

The recorded antonyms are lawfully.

Is unlawfully a common word?

unlawfully 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.

What rhymes with unlawfully?

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