illegitimatelyadv.
/ɪlɪˈdʒɪtɪmətli/ In an illegitimate manner; unlawfully; without authority; spuriously.
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illegitimatelya1634
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illicitly1812
viciously1880
a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 12 Lest he should have beene justly cast out by those Infidels, as one Illegitimatly borne.
1835 Fraser's Mag. 11 689 This is illegitimately deduced from his own premises.
1868 C. Darwin Variation Animals & Plants II. xviii. 166 Seedlings of Lythrum Salicaria..raised from plants illegitimately fertilised by their own form pollen.
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