Lexical Definition

‎νομίμως‎ nomímōs (nom-im'-oce) lawfully ^G:ADV
adverb from a derivative of ‎νόμος‎

lawfully.

• legitimately (specially, agreeably to the rules of the lists)

Abbott-Smith

** νομίμως, adv. (< νόμιμος, conformable to law), [in LXX: IV Mac 6:18*;]
rightly, lawfully: I Ti 1:8, II Ti 2:5.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

Included with: νομίμως-ιμος, η, ον,

also ος, ον [Refs 5th c.BC+]:— conformable to custom, usage, or law, ν. ὅρκος Legal cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; legitimate, ν. παῖδες [Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence, customary, prescriptive, φῶς [Refs], etc.; οἱ ν. θεοί [νομίμωςιμόν [ἐστί] τινι ποιεῖν τι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.8.8; ν. τινὰ δεδέσθαι [prev. author] “Mem.” 1.2.49. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 observant of law, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ν. πόλις Isoc. [prev. cited]
__II νομίμωςιμα, τά, usages, customs, ἄλλα ἄλλοισιν νομίμωςιμα, σφετέραν δ᾽ αἰνεῖ δίκαν ἕκαστος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ν. Δωρικά, Χαλκιδικά, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; almost, ={νομίμωςοι}, ἄγραπτα ν. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ περὶ τοὺς θεοὺς ν., τὸ πρὸς τοὺς πολεμίους ν., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ν. βαρβαρικά, title of treatise by Aristotle: rare in singular, τὸ πάντων ν. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 legal rights, ν. καὶ φιλάνθρωπα [Refs 1st c.AD+]; process of law, τοῖς ν. χρῆσθαι Mitteis [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἄνευ νομίμων ἀπωθεῖσθαι to be illegally ejected, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; εἴργεσθαι τῶν ν., i.e. ἱερῶν καὶ ἀγορᾶς, of persons accused of murder, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 funeral rites [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III adverb -μως[Refs 5th c.BC+]in a natural way, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ν. ἀθλοῦντες, πεπαιδευμένοι, professional athletes, physicians, [Refs 2nd c.AD+], compare 8.171: comparative -ώτερον[Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative -ώτατα[Refs 2nd c.AD+]