Lawful
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English
Adjective
Lawful (comparative more Lawful, superlative most Lawful)
- Conforming to, permitted by, or recognised by law or rules.
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Adverbs for Lawful
definitely; expressly; explicitly; officially; ordinarily; prescriptively; properly; duly; acceptably; admissibly; equitably; constitutionally; downright; completely; fundamentally; authentically; singularly; emphatically; unquestionably; unimpeachably; currently; altogether.
Thesaurus
actionable, admissible, allowable, allowed, applicable, authentic, authoritative, authorized, balanced, binding, bona fide, candid, card-carrying, cogent, competent, consistent, constitutional, de jure, defensible, deserved, dinkum, due, equitable, even, evenhanded, fair, fair and square, fit, following the letter, genuine, good, honest, honest-to-God, inartificial, judicial, juridical, just, justiciable, justifiable, justified, kosher, lawmaking, legal, legislative, legit, legitimate, legitimized, level, licit, lifelike, literal, logical, meet, meet and right, merited, natural, naturalistic, original, permissible, permitted, proper, pure, real, realistic, right, right and proper, rightful, sanctionable, sanctioned, self-consistent, simon-pure, simple, sincere, solid, sound, square, statutory, sterling, substantial, sufficient, sure-enough, true to life, true to nature, true to reality, unadulterated, unaffected, unassumed, unassuming, uncolored, unconcocted, uncopied, uncounterfeited, undisguised, undisguising, undistorted, unexaggerated, unfabricated, unfanciful, unfeigned, unfeigning, unfictitious, unflattering, unimagined, unimitated, uninvented, unpretended, unpretending, unqualified, unromantic, unsimulated, unspecious, unsynthetic, unvarnished, valid, verbal, verbatim, veridical, verisimilar, warrantable, warranted, weighty, well-founded, well-grounded, within the law, word-for-word
Etymology
From Middle English laweful, equivalent to law, conflated with Middle English leful, leeful, leveful (“allowed, permissible, lawful”). See also leveful.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈlɔːfəl/
- Rhymes: -ɔːfəl
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