Definition of lawful

"lawful" in the adjective sense

1. lawful

conformable to or allowed by law

"lawful methods of dissent"

2. lawful, rule-governed

according to custom or rule or natural law

3. true, lawful, rightful

having a legally established claim

"the legitimate heir"

"the true and lawful king"

4. lawful, legitimate, licit

authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law

"a legitimate government"

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Quotations for lawful

O! the gallant fisher's life.
It is the best of any:
'Tis full of pleasure, void of strife
And 'tis beloved by many.
Other joys
Are but toys;
Only this,
Lawful is;
For our skill
Breeds no ill,
But content and pleasure. [ Izaak Walton ]

It is lawful to be taught by an enemy. [ Ovid ]

What is lawful is not always honourable. [ Law ]

Rest thy unrest in England's lawful earth. [ William Shakespeare, Richard III ]

Where the end is lawful the means are also lawful. [ A Jesuit maxim ]

He is the lawful heir whom marriage points out as such. [ Law ]

Abuse does not hinder the use of a thing that is in itself lawful. [ Proverb ]

A taste which plenty does deprave loathes lawful goods, and lawless ill does crave. [ Dryden ]

For the bow cannot possibly stand always bent, nor can human nature or human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation. [ Cervantes ]

Who has a breast so pure but some uncleanly apprehensions keep leets and law-days and in session sit with meditations lawful? [ William Shakespeare ]

Duty speaks with the lawful authority of many voices; pleasure has no strength except in the longing desire of the hungry unit. [ Edith Simcox ]

lawful in Scrabble®

The word lawful is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters lawful:

LAWFUL
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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word lawful

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lawful in Words With Friends™

The word lawful is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters lawful:

LAWFUL
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Words within the letters of lawful

2 letter words in lawful (2 words)

3 letter words in lawful (4 words)

4 letter words in lawful (5 words)

5 letter words in lawful (1 word)

6 letter words in lawful (1 word)

lawful + 1 blank (3 words)

lawful + 2 blanks (3 words)

Words containing the sequence lawful

Words that start with lawful (6 words)

Words with lawful in them (3 words)

Words that end with lawful (2 words)

Word Growth involving lawful

Shorter words in lawful

awful

la law

Longer words containing lawful

lawfuller

lawfullest

lawfullness

lawfully unlawfully

lawfulness unlawfulness

unlawful unlawfully

unlawful unlawfulness