When a president or a governor acts wisely and lawfully, Americans express their approval by reelecting him and by supporting his political party.
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Lawfully
Synonyms for "lawfully" (46 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (10)
Adverb(6 words)
Noun(4 words)
governably regulatedgovernmentally approvedgovernmentally mandatedgovernmentally regulated industry
Strong matches (13)
Adverb(5 words)
Noun(8 words)
lawfully conductedlawfully obtainedlegally mandatedlegally requiredlegally valid agreementlegitimately earnedmore common-lawmore lawful
Related words (23)
Noun(10 words)
more legalmost common-lawmost constitutionalmost lawfulmost legalmost statutorilymost statutorystatutorily authorizedstatutorily compliantstatutorily required
Adjective(2 words)
more legal-rulemore tax statute
Determiner(1 words)
most criminal-law
Adverb(10 words)
officiallypeaceablypermissiblyproperlyproperly grounded wiringresponsiblyrightfullystatutorilystatutorily authorized agencyvalidly
Related word relations
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More general
2 entriesadverbadverb of manner
More specific
4 entriesCollocations
6 entrieslawfully authorizedlawfully conductedlawfully executedlawfully obtainedlawfully permittedlawfully regulated
Derivations
3 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesSample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Lawfully judged.
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This grand ceremony was immediately followed by a proclamation expreſsly forbidding the Abyſſine clergy, monks, and prieſts, to perform any prieſtly functions till they were previouſly examined and approved by the patriarch ; there being ſome reaſon to doubt whether they had been lawfully examined.
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He was sent to Guantánamo in 2002, and Judge Kollar-Kotelly found that from the beginning of his stay, “there is no evidence in the record that anyone directed any allegations toward al-Rabiah nor any indication that interrogators believed al-Rabiah had engaged in any conduct that made him lawfully detainable.”
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