legitimately
/lɪˈdʒɪtɪmətli/
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lɪ - ˈdʒɪtɪmətli -> legitimately
legitimate / lÇ'dʒÇtÇmǝt / adj
၁။ တရားဝင်ဖြစ်သော။ သဘာဝ ကျသော။
a perfectly legitimate argument / concern / expectation ❍ Politicians are legitimate targets for satire.
၂။ တရားဝင်။ I’m not sure that his business is strictly legitimate.
၃။ တရားဝင် လက်ထပ်ထားသည့် မိဘမှ မွေးဖွားသော။ Compare ILLEGITIMATE
❏ legitimacy / lÇ'dʒÇtÇmǝsi / n [U] (fml ) တရားဝင်ဖြစ်ခြင်း။ claim some historical legitimacy ❍ question the legitimacy of sb’s actions.
❏ legitimately adv တရားဝင်။ He can now legitimately claim to be the best in the world.
❏ legitimize, -ise / lÇ'dʒÇtǝmaÇz / v (fml ) တရားဝင် ဖြစ်စေသည်။ a court ruling that legitimizes the position taken by the protestors.
- It is perfectly legitimate to ask questions about a politician’s personal life.
- [legitimate interest/excuse/expectation] : Did he have a legitimate excuse for being late?
- Are the premises being used for legitimate business purposes?
- The Scots proclaimed James Stuart as the legitimate heir to the British throne.
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