Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lawfully"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)



Note: In some of the States, and for some purposes, a woman
attains lawful age at eighteen. --Abbott.

Syn: Legal; constitutional; allowable; regular; rightful.

Usage: {Lawful}, {Legal}. Lawful means conformable to the
principle, spirit, or essence of the law, and is
applicable to moral as well as juridical law. Legal
means conformable to the letter or rules of the law as
it is administered in the courts; conformable to
juridical law. Legal is often used as antithetical to
equitable, but lawful is seldom used in that sense. --
{Law"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Law"ful*ness}, n.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

lawfully
adv 1: in a manner acceptable to common custom; "you cannot do this
legitimately!" [syn: {legitimately}, {licitly}] [ant:
{illegitimately}, {illegally}, {illegitimately}]
2: by law; conforming to the law; "we are lawfully wedded now"
[syn: {legally}, {wrongfully}, {de jure}] [ant: {unlawfully}]


Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup

Enter word here:
Exact Approx


dict.stokkie.net
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents; see the Webster Gateway FAQ, and also the Back-end/database links and credits.