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constitutionally en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /kɑnstəˈtuʃənli/ (US)
  • /kɑnstəˈtuʃnəli/ (US)
  • /kɒnstɪˈt͡ʃuːʃənəli/ (UK)
  • /kɑnstəˈtju-/ (US)
  • /kɒnstɪˈtjuː-/ (UK)
  • /kɑnstəˈtuʃənəli/ (US)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /kɒnstɪˈt͡ʃuːʃnəli/ (UK)
  • /kɒnstɪˈt͡ʃuːʃənli/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree English constitutional Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English constitutionally From constitutional + -ly.

Meanings

  1. Pertaining to one's bodily constitution; physically, physiologically.
    • These children are constitutionally sad. Other children, like Luke, develop depressive feelings out of the blue or in response to some mild stressor. 1997, Edward M. Hallowell, When You Worry About the Child You Love, page 162:
    • The astonishing progress of science had made God quite irrelevant; it had caused human beings to focus so intently on the physical world that they would soon be constitutionally unable to take God seriously. 2009, Karen Armstrong, The Case for God, Vintage, published 2010, page 246:
  2. Pertaining to one's fundamental values or mental inclinations.
    • The effect of this filtering of ideas through the convictions of a class which is constitutionally disposed to certain views is by no means confined to the masses. 1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 421:
  3. In accordance with a political constitution.
    • “In our view, on the basis of the public record, former President Donald J. Trump is constitutionally disqualified from again being President (or holding any other covered office) because of his role in the attempted overthrow of the 2020 election and the events leading to the January 6 attack,” law professors William Baude and Michael Stokes Paulsen wrote for the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. 2023 August 19, Katelyn Polantz, “Legal scholars increasingly raise constitutional argument that Trump should be barred from presidency”, in CNN, archived from the original on 20 Dec 2023:

Forms

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more constitutionally Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most constitutionally Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

unconstitutionally

Deriveds

nonconstitutionally

Translations (11)

fr constitutionnellement (in accordance with a political constitution) · ka კონსტიტუციურად (in accordance with a political constitution) · fi perustuslaillisesti (in accordance with a political constitution) · es constitucionalmente (in accordance with a political constitution) · ca constitucionalment (in accordance with a political constitution) · pl konstytucyjnie (in accordance with a political constitution) · pt constitucionalmente (in accordance with a political constitution) · it costituzionalmente (in accordance with a political constitution) · ru конституционно (in accordance with a political constitution) · gl constitucionalmente (in accordance with a political constitution) · fi perustuslain mukaisesti (in accordance with a political constitution)