constitutionally Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adverb according to the constitution
    • this was constitutionally ruled out

WordNet

Con`sti*tu"tion*al*ly adverb
Definitions
  1. In accordance with the constitution or natural disposition of the mind or body; naturally; as, he was constitutionally timid.
    The English were constitutionally humane. Hallam.
  2. In accordance with the constitution or fundamental law; legally; as, he was not constitutionally appointed.
    Nothing would indue them to acknowledge that [such] an assembly . . . was constitutionally a Parliament. Macaulay.

Webster 1913