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# validly

«validly» in Mova's school dictionary: **valid: officially correct, accepted by the rules or the law** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (validly)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Validly means in a way that is valid: officially correct, accepted by the rules or the law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/validly/#m1)

2) Validly means in a way that is logically sound, with reasons that really lead to the conclusion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/validly/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths and logic: an argument is validly made when the conclusion follows from the facts. In law and voting: a validly signed form, validly cast votes. In science: a result is validly measured when the test is fair.

### examples

- The votes were validly cast, so they all count. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/validly/#x1)
- The form must be validly signed by a parent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/validly/#x2)
- Can you validly conclude that all cats are black from one black cat? No! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/validly/#x3)
- The test was validly done with fair rules. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/validly/#x4)
- Only validly bought tickets are accepted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/validly/#x5)
- The passport was validly issued. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/validly/#x6)

### note

From «valid» + «-ly». Opposite: «invalidly». In logic, «valid» means the reasoning works, even if a starting fact is wrong.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «validly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/validly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.