constitutionally
adv. manneradv. in a way that relates to the official laws of a country or the natural health of a person. You use it to say if something is allowed by the government's rules or if it is part of someone's basic character.
adv. in a manner relating to a political constitution or an individual's physical or mental temperament. Often describes whether a law is legally valid or whether a trait is inherent to a person's nature.
The new law was found to be constitutionally valid.
The court ruled that the police search was constitutionally sound because they had a valid warrant.
Some people are constitutionally incapable of lying, not because of a moral choice, but because their natural temperament makes them feel physically ill when they are dishonest.
Can function as a sentence adverb to indicate a legal perspective or as a manner adverb modifying an adjective.