Legally and Openly

Legally

Legally adverb - According to the rules or the law.

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

Openly

Openly adverb - In an open way.

Legally and openly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Legally" instead an adverb "Openly".

Nearby Word: openness

Both words in one sentence

  • Drugs Are Good The building had once housed a Lebanese grocery, at a time when hashish was sold legally and openly as penny candy.
  • Comicbook / Savage Dragon This allows him to legally and openly fight crime of all sorts, and has also resulted in him being "loaned" to the Police Departments of other cities, which has led him on other adventures (such as an encounter with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles).
  • Tabletop Game / Forgotten Realms Corrupt Corporate Executive - Merchants band together all the time, openly or secretly, and as often as not don't care much whether they act decently, or even legally.
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