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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Constitutionally \Con'sti*tu"tion*al*ly\, adverb
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
constitutionally
adverb: according to the constitution; "this was constitutionally ruled out" [ant: {unconstitutionally}]
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