Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

illegitimately

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.95 in modern English

Syllables
il-le-git-i-mate-ly
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
6
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an illegitimate manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English illegitimate Middle English -ly English -ly English illegitimately From illegitimate + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more illegitimately (comparative) most illegitimately (superlative)

Synonyms

inauthentically illegally impermissibly dishonestly false falsefully falsely illegitimately insincerely truthlessly underhand underhanded

Antonyms

legitimately

Questions

What does illegitimately mean?
In an illegitimate manner.
Where does illegitimately come from?
Etymology tree English illegitimate Middle English -ly English -ly English illegitimately From illegitimate + -ly.

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