Licitly

2 definitions found

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

  Licit \Lic"it\ (l[i^]s"[i^]t), a. [L. licitus permitted, lawful,
     from licere: cf. F. licite. See {License}.]
     Lawful. "Licit establishments." --Carlyle. -- {Lic"it*ly},
     adv. -- {Lic"it*ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  licitly
       adv : in a manner acceptable to common custom; "you cannot do this
             legitimately!" [syn: {legitimately}, {lawfully}] [ant:
             {illegitimately}, {illegally}, {illegitimately}]