legitimately
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le·git·i·mate
(lə-jĭt′ə-mĭt)adj.
1.
a. Being in compliance with the law; lawful: a legitimate business.
b. Being in accordance with established or accepted rules and standards: legitimate advertising practices.
c. Valid or justifiable: a legitimate complaint.
d. Based on logical reasoning: a legitimate deduction.
2. Born of legally married parents: legitimate offspring.
3. Of, relating to, or ruling by hereditary right: a legitimate monarch.
4. Of or relating to drama of high professional quality that excludes burlesque, vaudeville, and some forms of musical comedy: the legitimate theater.
tr.v. (-māt′) le·git·i·mat·ed, le·git·i·mat·ing, le·git·i·mates
To legitimize.
[Middle English legitimat, born in wedlock, from Medieval Latin lēgitimātus, law-worthy, past participle of lēgitimāre, to make lawful, from Latin lēgitimus, legitimate, from lēx, lēg-, law; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]
le·git′i·mate·ly adv.
le·git′i·mate·ness n.
le·git′i·ma′tion n.
le·git′i·mat′or (-māt′ər) n.
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Adv. | 1. | legitimately - in a manner acceptable to common custom; "you cannot do this legitimately!" illegitimately, illicitly - in a manner disapproved or not allowed by custom; "He acted illegitimately when he increased the rent fourfold" |
2. | legitimately - in a lawfully recognized manner; "let's get married so our child can be born legitimately" out of wedlock, illegitimately - of biological parents not married to each other; "this child was born illegitimately" |
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Translations
بصورةٍ شَرْعِيَّه
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legitimtlovligt
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legitímne
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legitimately
[lɪˈdʒɪtɪmɪtlɪ] ADV1. (= lawfully) → legítimamente
2. (= justifiably) [expect] → justificadamente
you could legitimately argue that → sería justo or estaría justificado argumentar que ...
he can legitimately claim to speak for all South Africans → tiene sobradas razones para erigirse en portavoz de todos los sudafricanos
he has demanded, quite legitimately, that → ha exigido, con toda la razón, que ...
you could legitimately argue that → sería justo or estaría justificado argumentar que ...
he can legitimately claim to speak for all South Africans → tiene sobradas razones para erigirse en portavoz de todos los sudafricanos
he has demanded, quite legitimately, that → ha exigido, con toda la razón, que ...
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
legitimately
[lɪˈdʒɪtəmətli] adv (within the law) [act, elect] → légitimement
legitimately elected → légitimement élu
The government has been legitimately elected by the people → Le gouvernement a été légitimement élu par le peuple.
legitimately elected → légitimement élu
The government has been legitimately elected by the people → Le gouvernement a été légitimement élu par le peuple.
(with good reason) [argue, claim] → légitimement
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
legitimately
adv (= lawfully) → legitim; (= with reason) → berechtigterweise, mit Recht; he argues, quite legitimately, that … → er führt das berechtigte Argument an, dass …; it can legitimately be expected of people that … → man kann mit Recht von den Leuten erwarten, dass …
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
legitimate
(liˈdʒitimət) adjective1. lawful. Is this procedure perfectly legitimate?
2. (of a child) born to parents who are married to each other.
leˈgitimately adverbleˈgitimacy noun
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