HOW TO PRONOUNCE
legally
/ˈliɡəli/
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What does legally mean?
adverb
- As permitted by law; not contrary to law.
- From a legal perspective.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈliɡəli/
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See this word in context.
“I should? Good God—what next! But how if you and I had married legally, as we were on the point of doing?”
All in all, we may say that the legally significant direction of association falls in the same class with “getting an idea.”
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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.