illicitly

adv

illicitly

adv

Etymology From illicit + -ly.

1

In an illicit manner; illegally, immorally, or inappropriately.

  • India is merely the geopsychic site for a cluster of undesirabilities that continue to be illicitly desired.1999, Balachandra Rajan, Under Western Eyes: India from Milton to Macaulay, page 91:

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