constitutionally — English Dictionary

Adverb

1. Pertaining to one's bodily constitution; physically, physiologically.

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   These children are constitutionally sad. Other children, like Luke, develop depressive feelings out of the blue or in response to some mild stressor.

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   The astonishing progress of science had made God quite irrelevant; it had caused human beings to focus so intently on the physical world that they would soon be constitutionally unable to take God seriously.

2. Pertaining to one's fundamental values or mental inclinations.

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   The effect of this filtering of ideas through the convictions of a class which is constitutionally disposed to certain views is by no means confined to the masses.

3. In accordance with a political constitution.

   Antonyms

   unconstitutionally

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   “In our view, on the basis of the public record, former President Donald J. Trump is constitutionally disqualified from again being President (or holding any other covered office) because of his role in the attempted overthrow of the 2020 election and the events leading to the January 6 attack,” law professors William Baude and Michael Stokes Paulsen wrote for the University of Pennsylvania Law Review.

Adverb

1. according to the constitution

   Antonyms

   unconstitutionally

   Examples

   this was constitutionally ruled out