constitutionally

Adverb

WordNet 3.0

Adverb (1)

  1. according to the constitution“this was constitutionally ruled out”
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Webster's Dictionary (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. [1913 Webster]

The English were constitutionally humane.— Hallam.[1913 Webster]

2.In accordance with the constitution or fundamental law; legally; as, he was not constitutionally appointed. [1913 Webster]

Nothing would indue them to acknowledge that [such] an assembly . . . was constitutionally a Parliament.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]
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