Hyphenation of illegitimately

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word illegitimately? This word can be hyphenated and contains 6 syllables as shown below.

il-le-git-i-mate-ly

Definitions of illegitimately:

1.	In a manner disapproved or not allowed by custom He acted illegitimately when he increased the rent fourfold
2.	Of biological parents not married to each other This child was born illegitimately

Synonyms of illegitimately:

adv	illicitly
adv	out of wedlock

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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