lawfully
By the book
Lawfully means in accordance with the law: lawfully obtained evidence, lawfully married.
The word appears most often in legal and official contexts, emphasizing that an action meets formal requirements.
To act lawfully is to stay within legal bounds, though what's lawful isn't always what's ethical.
In lawful manner
- legitimateConforming to accepted standards
- licitSanctioned by law
- authorizedGiven official permission
- sanctionedFormally approved or penalized
permissible · valid · statutory · constitutional · enforceable · compliant · regulated · codified
By fixed method
- systematicallyIn organized, planned fashion
- methodicallyIn an organized manner
- formallyIn an official manner
- officiallyWith authorized sanction
properly · duly · regularly · prescriptively · by the book · dutifully
By just claim
- justlyWith fairness applied
- fairlyModerately or equitably
- equitablyIn a fair manner
- righteouslyWith moral correctness
honorably · properly · legitimately · principled · uprightly · morally · ethically · conscientiously
legally
In lawful manner
- legitimateConforming to accepted standards
- licitSanctioned by law
- authorizedGiven official permission
sanctioned · permissible · valid · statutory · constitutional · enforceable · compliant · regulated · codified · jurisdictional
procedurally
By fixed method
- systematicallyIn organized, planned fashion
- methodicallyIn an organized manner
- formallyIn an official manner
officially · properly · duly · regularly · prescriptively · by the book · dutifully
rightfully
By just claim
righteously · honorably · properly · legitimately · principled · uprightly · morally · ethically · conscientiously · scrupulously
- legitimacylegal, validity, legitimate, legality, licit
lawfullyillegally
Contrary to law
unlawfully · illicitly · criminally · illegitimately · wrongfully
lawfullyillegitimately
In unauthorized manner
illicitly · improperly · invalidly · unwarrantedly · unjustifiably
lawfullylawlessly
Without regard for rules
anarchically · chaotically · recklessly · wildly · ungoverned
- lawful ordersCommands permitted by law
- lawfully weddedJoined in legal matrimony
- lawful authorityPower granted by law
- lawful heirsPersons legally entitled to inherit