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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (2)

1. in a manner acceptable to common custom;
- Example: "you cannot do this legitimately!"
[syn: legitimately, lawfully, licitly]

2. in a lawfully recognized manner;
- Example: "let's get married so our child can be born legitimately"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Legitimately \Le*git"i*mate*ly\ (-m[asl]t*l[y^]), adv. In a legitimate manner; lawfully; genuinely. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

legitimately adv 1: in a manner acceptable to common custom; "you cannot do this legitimately!" [syn: legitimately, lawfully, licitly] [ant: illegally, illegitimately, illicitly, lawlessly] 2: in a lawfully recognized manner; "let's get married so our child can be born legitimately" [ant: illegitimately, out of wedlock]