Constitutionally

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Constitutionally \Con`sti*tu"tion*al*ly\, adv.
     1. In accordance with the constitution or natural disposition
        of the mind or body; naturally; as, he was
        constitutionally timid.
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              The English were constitutionally humane. --Hallam.
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     2. In accordance with the constitution or fundamental law;
        legally; as, he was not constitutionally appointed.
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              Nothing would indue them to acknowledge that [such]
              an assembly . . . was constitutionally a Parliament.
                                                    --Macaulay.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  constitutionally
       adv : according to the constitution; "this was constitutionally
             ruled out" [ant: {unconstitutionally}]