validly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *walēō

Latin valeō

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *-iðos

Latin -idus

Latin validusder.

Middle French validebor.

English valid

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English validly

From valid + -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvælɪdli/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adverb

validly (comparative more validly, superlative most validly)

1. In a valid manner.
   • 1969, Walter Alfred Peter Phillips, The tragedy of Nazi Germany:

     Only a complete pacifist could validly condemn militariness.

   • 2003, Patrick Collinson, Elizabethans:

     Presently there were bishopesses as well as priestesses, splendidly arrayed in chasubles and diadems. These were, from a strictly canonical point of view, the first validly ordained women priests.

Antonyms

• invalidly