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Legitimately in a sentence

Legitimately | Legitimate

Legitimately meaning

In a legitimate manner, properly, fair and square.

Synonyms of Legitimately

Using Legitimately

  • The main meaning on this page is: In a legitimate manner, properly, fair and square.
  • Useful related words include: illegitimately, lawfully, licitly, illicitly.
  • In the example corpus, legitimately often appears in combinations such as: is legitimately, are legitimately, could legitimately.

Context around Legitimately

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Legitimately

  • In this selection, "legitimately" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, won, appears, operated, compared, bad and astute stand out and add context to how "legitimately" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and some legitimately insane people and are to legitimately uphold the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "legitimately" sits close to words such as alejandro, antennas and blond, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with legitimately

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

By my count, his other two were legitimately bad passes. (10 words)

I don't think legitimately but they had,' he said. (10 words)

And because Republicans controlled more state delegations than Democrats, Trump would’ve been legitimately re-elected. (16 words)

I know that there will legitimately be people that have things that come up and they won't be able to attend the shows this weekend, but you need to put your thinking cap on before jumping off the ledge and assuming that the tickets you found are legit. (49 words)

Even before “Eternals” came out, the Academy had made it clear it had no intention of giving top-line hardware to Marvel films, with the legitimately excellent “Black Panther” landing three second-tier wins, but only a cursory best picture nod. (41 words)

He also recalled the night Dr. Death Steve Williams lost to Bart Gunn in the tournament, and Foley recalled it as one of the saddest nights of his life seeing how badly Williams was from being legitimately knocked out by Gunn. (41 words)

Example sentences (20)

As expected, partisans see those elections differently with 94% of Republicans saying Trump won legitimately, compared to 53% of Democrats, while 91% of Democrats say Biden won legitimately, while only 29% of Republicans agree.

And because Republicans controlled more state delegations than Democrats, Trump would’ve been legitimately re-elected.

By my count, his other two were legitimately bad passes.

Cool and sophisticated with legitimately astute observations, the film is only a taste of the full, delicious plate that is the Worricker Trilogy.

Djokovic appears legitimately confounded by his Spanish opponent's ability to flick a wrist to a ball to fetch the seemingly un-returnable winner down the line.

Even before “Eternals” came out, the Academy had made it clear it had no intention of giving top-line hardware to Marvel films, with the legitimately excellent “Black Panther” landing three second-tier wins, but only a cursory best picture nod.

Even if we accept that some of them are legitimately unfit for work, many more simply can’t be bothered.

For instance, “a grown man with a drone who’s alone and you won’t be filming girls,” and some legitimately insane people.

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Gda Griffin said the company operated legitimately, employing four people, until 2020 when Ramirez began to take the payments from the 18 injured parties on a fraudulent basis.

He also recalled the night Dr. Death Steve Williams lost to Bart Gunn in the tournament, and Foley recalled it as one of the saddest nights of his life seeing how badly Williams was from being legitimately knocked out by Gunn.

Heard mixed things about this one, but I’m happy to say it’s a legitimately entertaining good time for action/comedy/horror fans.

Herschel Walker and John Fetterman both democratically won legitimately contested primaries for the United States Senate — democracy fair and square.

He worked an injury angle at Saturday’s PPV, but the AEW World champ was reportedly legitimately hurt in the main event.

His lawyers told the court that between 2012-2017, tight currency controls in Azerbaijan meant he had to use exchange houses in Latvia and Estonia to transfer legitimately-owned dividends from Avromed and other businesses.

I believe these tactics are designed more to quell dissent and to dissuade working people from exercising their rights to protest and demonstrate than they are to legitimately uphold the law.

I don't think legitimately but they had,' he said.

I know that there will legitimately be people that have things that come up and they won't be able to attend the shows this weekend, but you need to put your thinking cap on before jumping off the ledge and assuming that the tickets you found are legit.

I lost 7 months of my career following this match, and I’ll be honest there were times in my recovery where I legitimately thought I may be done.

I'm trying to be delicate with my language here, but the FBI was legitimately concerned that people would sexually abuse children and use the Barbie to record it.

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Common combinations with legitimately

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "legitimately" in a sentence?
An example: "As expected, partisans see those elections differently with 94% of Republicans saying Trump won legitimately, compared to 53% of Democrats, while 91% of Democrats say Biden won legitimately, while only 29% of Republicans agree." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "legitimately" from authentic English texts.
What does "legitimately" mean?
Legitimately means: In a legitimate manner, properly, fair and square.
What are synonyms of "legitimately"?
Common synonyms of "legitimately" include: illegitimately, lawfully, licitly, illicitly, lawlessly.
How many example sentences with "legitimately" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "legitimately", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.