how to pronounce lawfully

/ˈlɔːfəliː/

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lawfully is pronounced in three syllables

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

“… owns or lawfully occupies that the …”

meanings of lawfully

adverb:

Conforming to the law; legally.

lawfully frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word lawfully occurs in english on average 0.6 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 lawfully 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 lawfully can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;