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legitimately

adv

Etymology

From legitimate + -ly.

  1. derived from lēx
  2. derived from lēgitimus
  3. derived from lēgitimō
  4. derived from lēgitimātus
  5. inherited from legitimat
  6. suffixed as legitimately — “legitimate + -ly”

Definitions

  1. In a legitimate manner, properly, fair and square.

    • Later, when we played King's Quest 2, I remember being legitimately terrified while inside Dracula's castle. Like, I had nightmares in 16 color EGA.
    • I bought the magazines, ran home after work, filmed myself flipping through the pages—half legitimately fangirling over the boys, half making fun of people like myself who fangirl over the boys.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA