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legitimately

ADVERB
justly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accurately correctly decently duly equally equitably honestly honorably impartially lawfully legally properly reasonably rightfully rightly
WEAK
befittingly beneficently benevolently benignly candidly charitably decorously duteously dutifully evenhandedly fitly fittingly frankly helpfully moderately nicely piously respectably righteously straightforwardly temperately tolerantly unreservedly uprightly virtuously well
Antonyms
STRONGEST
wrongly
WEAK
unfairly unjustly
ADVERB
legally
Synonyms
STRONGEST
constitutionally justly lawfully
WEAK
admittedly allowably authorized by law conceded enforceably juridically licitly permissibly rightfully warranted
Antonyms
WEAK
illegally illicitly unlawfully
ADVERB
really
Synonyms
STRONGEST
absolutely actually certainly easily genuinely honestly indeed literally surely truly undoubtedly unquestionably well
WEAK
admittedly as a matter of fact assuredly authentically beyond doubt categorically de facto for real in actuality in effect in fact in point of fact in reality indubitably no ifs ands or buts nothing else but of course positively precisely unmistakably verily
Antonyms
STRONGEST
doubtfully dubiously indefinite questionably
ADVERB
right
Synonyms
STRONG
decently properly
WEAK
conscientiously dispassionately equitably ethically evenly honestly honorably impartially lawfully morally objectively reliably righteously sincerely squarely virtuously without bias without prejudice
Antonyms
WEAK
inaccurately inappropriately incorrectly indirectly unfairly unjustly unsuitably wrongly
ADVERB
rightfully
Synonyms
STRONGEST
deservedly justly legally
STRONG
truly
WEAK
befittingly duly equitably fairly fittingly honestly impartially properly
ADVERB
truly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
absolutely actually definitely exactly genuinely honestly positively rightly sincerely surely very
WEAK
accurately authentically beyond doubt beyond question confirmedly constantly correctly de facto devotedly factually faithfully firmly honorably in actuality in fact in reality in truth loyally precisely reliably righteously staunchly steadily truthfully unequivocally veraciously veritably with all one's heart with devotion without a doubt
Antonyms
STRONGEST
doubtfully questionably
WEAK
dubiously indefinite
ADVERB
verily
Synonyms
WEAK
absolutely actually admittedly as a matter of fact assuredly authentically beyond doubt categorically certainly de facto easily fairly for fair for real genuinely honestly in actuality in effect in fact in point of fact in reality indeed indubitably literally no ifs ands or buts nothing else but of course positively precisely surely truly truthfully undoubtedly unmistakably unquestionably well

Example Sentences

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The company’s revised guidance was legitimately terrible, indicating that the slowness of the rollout surprised them as well, and will drag on.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

Meanwhile, consumer advocates say borrowers are struggling to get good information from servicers — the companies that are legitimately handling their loans.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

Andrew Clements, longtime music critic for the Guardian, named Mr. Reich as one of “a handful of living composers who can legitimately claim to have altered the direction of musical history.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Keane's appeal hearing noted that you cannot legitimately challenge for the ball by pulling someone's hair.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

I was cutting across the quad one day and one of the janitors saw me, said, “Hey, you’re that girl who spins on her head!” and I was legitimately freaked out.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi