Used in a Sentence

illegitimately

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for illegitimately.

Editorial note

First, it means we are (illegitimately) overriding interests which should be democratically represented.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

In an illegitimate manner.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of illegitimately gathered in one view.

adverb

In an illegitimate manner.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for illegitimately.

adverb

In an illegitimate manner.

Example sentences

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First, it means we are (illegitimately) overriding interests which should be democratically represented.

2

Sorry for the rant, but encryption is saving lives of gays, illegitimately prosecuted politicians and such.

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Isn't it their job to not illegitimately allow changes to your domains in the first place?

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They would seek out and shut down any scheme that is illegitimately collecting personal information.

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A deist would say that humans inherently have those rights (from God), but that human governments and societies have illegitimately suppressed them.

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As someone who has had to deal with both illegitimately issued traffic and parking citations, I think its brilliant.

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This information could also be sold (either legitimately or illegitimately) to others.

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You (I suspect) would also say that human governments and societies have illegitimately suppressed them.

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From their point of view, a pro-russian government was illegitimately overthrown.

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Did we stop to evaluate how much capital and property right was appropriated illegitimately?

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> pro-russian government was illegitimately overthrown 1) That pro-russian government was corrupt as hell (as Putin's government is).

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When I first heard of bitcoin mining, I assumed it was some method of cracking the bitcoin security to illegitimately gain bitcoins.

Quote examples

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"Those in power" is now Snowden because he took that power illegitimately.

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And that's just one example: women using birth control, doing abortions, being of different faith, smoking pot, copying an image "illegitimately" from the web and so on, can all be "illegal" at some point, in any society.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use illegitimately in a sentence?

First, it means we are (illegitimately) overriding interests which should be democratically represented.

What does illegitimately mean?

In an illegitimate manner.

What part of speech is illegitimately?

illegitimately is commonly used as adverb.