'Lawlessly' definitions:
Definition of 'lawlessly'
(from WordNet)
adverb
In an illegal manner; "they dumped the waste illegally" [syn: illegally, illicitly, lawlessly] [ant: lawfully, legitimately, licitly]
Definition of 'Lawlessly'
From: GCIDE
- Lawless \Law"less\, a.
- 1. Contrary to, or unauthorized by, law; illegal; as, a lawless claim. [1913 Webster]
- He needs no indirect nor lawless course. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Not subject to, or restrained by, the law of morality or of society; as, lawless men or behavior. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Not subject to the laws of nature; uncontrolled. [1913 Webster]
- Or, meteorlike, flame lawless through the void. --Pope. -- {Law"less*ly}, adv. -- {Law"less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]