licitly adv 1: in a manner acceptable to common custom; "you cannot do this legitimately!" [syn: {legitimately}, {lawfully}, {licitly}] [ant: {illegally}, {illegitimately}, {illicitly}, {lawlessly}]
Licit \Lic"it\ (l[i^]s"[i^]t), a. [L. licitus permitted, lawful, from licere: cf. F. licite. See {License}.] Lawful. "Licit establishments." --Carlyle. -- {Lic"it*ly}, adv. -- {Lic"it*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]