legitimately

副词 adv.

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. In a legitimate manner, properly, fair and square.
    — Later, when we played King's Quest 2, I remember being legitimately terrified while inside Dracula's castle. Like, I had nightmares in 16 color EGA.

词形变化

more legitimately comparative most legitimately superlative

词源

Etymology 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.
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