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View definitions for legitimately

legitimately

adverb as in rightfully

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“I felt like I was legitimately dying,” Rife told The Times in an August interview.

There are millions of Trump supporters who struggle due to economic injustice or personal tragedies, and therefore legitimately deserve sympathy.

From Salon

Catherine Foster, representing the school, said the man was "restrained legitimately" 117 times at the school on other occasions.

From BBC

Taken by itself, Stewart’s giggles at Hinchcliffe’s rapid-fire racist punchlines at the Brady roast didn’t make him look especially sympathetic to the legitimately outraged reaction to the comic’s Madison Square Garden performance.

From Salon

So no one can legitimately argue that he was singled out for political purposes or that the case pushes the legal envelope in any way.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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