légitimement

French

Etymology

From légitime +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le.ʒi.tim.mɑ̃/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Adverb

légitimement

1. legitimately; justifiably
   • 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche‎^{fr.Wikisource}, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter II:

     Pourtant, ce qui l’inquiétait le plus, c’était de ne pas se voir armé chevalier ; car il lui semblait qu’il ne pouvait légitimement s’engager dans aucune aventure sans avoir reçu l’ordre de chevalerie.

     However, what worried him the most was not having been dubbed a knight; for it seemed to him that he could not legitimately engage in any adventure without having received the order of knighthood.

Further reading

• “légitimement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012