# lawfully

> English word · Adverb · frequency rank #25,452

## Definitions
1. Conforming to the law; legally.

## Etymology
From Middle English lawefully, lawfulliche, lawefulliche; equivalent to lawful + -ly.

## Easily confused with
- **lawful** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lawful-vs-lawfully)

## Common misspellings (11)
`alwfully`, `lafwully`, `lawffully`, `lawfluly`, `lawfullyy`, `lawfuly`, `lawfulyl`, `lawuflly`, `lawwfully`, `llawfully`, `lwafully`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/lawfully