Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lawlessly"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lawless \Law"less\, a.
1. Contrary to, or unauthorized by, law; illegal; as, a
lawless claim.
He needs no indirect nor lawless course. --Shak.
2. Not subject to, or restrained by, the law of morality or
of society; as, lawless men or behavior.
3. Not subject to the laws of nature; uncontrolled.
Or, meteorlike, flame lawless through the void.
--Pope.
-- {Law"less*ly}, adv. -- {Law"less*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lawlessly
adv : in an illegal manner; "they dumped the waste illegally"
[syn: {illegally}, {illicitly}] [ant: {legitimately}]
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