Dictionary entry

Constitutionally

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Con′sti‐tu″tion‐al‐ly (?), adv. 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 an assembly... was constitutionally a Parliament.

Macaulay.