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ILLEGALLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does illegally mean?
• ILLEGALLY (adverb)
The adverb ILLEGALLY has 1 sense:
1. in an illegal manner
Familiarity information: ILLEGALLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In an illegal manner
Synonyms:
illegally; illicitly; lawlessly
Context example:
they dumped the waste illegally
Pertainym:
illegal (prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules)
Context examples
If I am Mr. Neville St. Clair, then it is obvious that no crime has been committed, and that, therefore, I am illegally detained.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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