constitutionally
[kon-sti-too-shuh-nl-ee, -tyoo-]
- in respect to physical makeup: He is constitutionally fitted for heavy labor.
- in respect to mental or emotional makeup: constitutionally unable to speak before an audience.
- with respect to a constitution: constitutionally invalid law.
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Origin of constitutionally
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Examples from the Web for constitutionally
Contemporary Examples
Like it or not, religious reasons for an act are constitutionally different from non-religious ones.
No matter how constitutionally suspect, how costly, how slapdash, or how disappointing a grand policy might be, well, they tried.
But he is said to have kept to his constitutionally guaranteed right to remain silent when it comes to Graham.
Religion, unlike racism, is constitutionally protected, and opposition to gay marriage has deep religious roots.
Maybe we the people can, constitutionally, figure out things for ourselves and/or just leave each other the hell alone.
Historical Examples
Constitutionally, they turned upon the obligations of citizenship.
'Tis Sixty Years SinceCharles Francis Adams
For the Assistant Commissioner was not constitutionally inclined to levity.
The Secret AgentJoseph Conrad
But it may be that I am constitutionally insensible to the virtues of a cocked-hat.
The Uncommercial TravellerCharles Dickens
For Khalid like myself is constitutionally incapable of denying God.
The Book of KhalidAmeen Rihani
How cloistered and constitutionally sequestered from the market and from scandal!
Essays, Second SeriesRalph Waldo Emerson