Legal and Legally

Legal

Legal adjective - Permitted by law.

Legally and legal are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Legally" instead an adverb "Legal".

Legally

Legally adverb - According to the rules or the law.

Legal and legally are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Legal" instead an adverb "Legally".

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