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Definition of Illicitly
1. Adverb. In a manner disapproved or not allowed by custom. "He acted illegitimately when he increased the rent fourfold"
2. Adverb. In an illegal manner. "They dumped the waste illegally"
Definition of Illicitly
1. Adverb. In an illicit manner; illegally, immorally or inappropriately. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Illicitly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Illicitly
Literary usage of Illicitly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Hannah More by Hannah More (1835)
"... real or imaginary, of to every lady to put some euch questions as the following
to herself:—' By this gratifica tion, illicitly obtained ..."
2. A History of Slavery in Cuba, 1511 to 1868 by Hubert Hillary Suffern Aimes (1907)
"... Scarcity of Labour—Coolies—Colonos—Captures of illicitly Introduced Negroes—Change
of World Sentiment— Final Suppression—A Transition to Free Labour. ..."
3. The Jamaica Movement: For Promoting the Enforcement of the Slave-trade by David Turnbull (1850)
"... and their descendants, illicitly introduced into their respective colonies
and territories; and should they attempt to evade the demand, that measures ..."
4. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1890)
"One good effect of this timely publication of Mr. Blades will, we trust, lead to
the recovery of some of these stolen or illicitly appropriated books. ..."
5. Notes and Commentaries on Chinese Criminal Law, and Cognate Topics: With by Ernest Alabaster, Chaloner Alabaster, China (1899)
"... official who issued the measures, and the artificers thereof, are liable to
a penalty of seventy blows. MISCELLANEOUS illicitly quitting the country. ..."
6. Wharton's Law-lexicon: Forming an Epitome of the Law of England; and by John Jane Smith Wharton, John Mounteney Lely (1892)
"(The crime of forgery is when any one illicitly, to whom power has not been given
for such purposes, has signed writs or charters with the king's seal, ..."
7. A biblical dictionary by James Austin Bastow (1868)
"... and Ju,W= Assyria, seem to determine «illicitly this region, if we accept the 1.
This opinion, which represents 'lie ancient Eden as a very widely tx ..."
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