how to pronounce illegally

/ˌɪˈliːɡəliː/

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illegally is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of illegally in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… by entering it illegally but any …”

meanings of illegally

adverb:

In a manner contrary to law.

illegally frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word illegally occurs in english on average 4.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics illegally can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that illegally can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;