legitimately

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justly adv.
legally adv.
really adv.
right adv.
rightfully adv.
truly adv.
verily adv.

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

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legitimately

To be legitimately popular, constitutional meaning must belong to everyone.

From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026

Multiple reviews of the 2020 election have concluded that Joe Biden won legitimately, and election experts say there is no evidence that widespread fraud affected the outcome of the election.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

"You can legitimately hit a ball and trouble the goalkeeper from 40 yards," says De Vos.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

These things are hilarious because screenwriters Christina Friel and Connor Wright clearly approached the script by trying to make everything legitimately funny, instead of assuming that provocation immediately equates to humor.

From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026

I feel a little glee at being able to legitimately refuse him.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

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