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illegitimately

How many syllables in illegitimately?

  6 syllables

Divide illegitimately into syllables:   il-le-git-i-mate-ly
Primary syllable stress:   il-le-git-i-mate-ly
Secondary syllable stress:   il-le-git-i-mate-ly
How to say illegitimately:

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