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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

legally

/ˈliɡəli/

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What does legally mean?

adverb

  1. As permitted by law; not contrary to law.
  2. From a legal perspective.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈliɡəli/

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“I should? Good God—what next! But how if you and I had married legally, as we were on the point of doing?”
Thomas HardyJude the ObscureProject Gutenberg ebook #153
All in all, we may say that the legally significant direction of association falls in the same class with “getting an idea.”
Hans GrossCriminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and StudentsTranslated by Horace Meyer KallenProject Gutenberg ebook #1320
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Before he was 23 he had been legally punished many times for stealing and had spent, all told, over three years in prison.
William Healy; Mary Tenney HealyPathology of Lying, Accusation, and Swindling: A Study in Forensic PsychologyProject Gutenberg ebook #449