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12 letters · 18 points in Scrabble
Meaning
adverb in a manner acceptable to common custom
adverb in a lawfully recognized manner
originEtymology tree English legitimate 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 legitimately From legitimate + -ly.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- legitimate 13
- legality 12
- meatily 12
- gamely 12
- gamily 12
- gleamy 12
- mygale 12
- mitigate 11
- agilely 11
- agility 11
- lamely 11
- matily 11