adv. [f. LEGITIMATE a. + -LY2.] In a legitimate or lawful manner; in accordance with rule or propriety; legally, properly.

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1593.  Nashe, Christ’s T. (1613), 97. But sure legitimately (or as they shold) they are not brought vp.

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1651.  Hobbes, Govt. & Soc., vii. § 3. 112. A King legitimately constituted in his Government.

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1794.  Sullivan, View Nat., I. 320. Whatever the result may be, it shall at least legitimately grow out of the premises.

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1841.  Myers, Cath. Th., IV. v. 193. Biblical Theology can legitimately extend no farther than Revelation does.

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