What's the difference between iffy and legality?

Iffy


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Before you know it you can have a few iffy results.
  • (2) Iffy grooming habits are the least of Wolfowitz's worries as he takes on the presidency of the World Bank.
  • (3) If Sampson had a case for arguing that Rafferty’s inital push had been made marginally outside the area, he could have had no complaints when England – due £35,000 per woman bonuses had they lifted the trophy – won a distinctly iffy penalty of their own.
  • (4) The keeper has looked iffy today but letting that in would have made him absolutely whiffy.
  • (5) Arsenal’s players performed a cancan on the pitch at Highbury as fans chanted: “We are unbeatable.” After an iffy first half, they had won 2-1 to complete a full season without defeat in the league.
  • (6) It’s looking certainly more iffy than it did even just a few days ago.
  • (7) It's looking like an iffy pot, or a two cushion escape.
  • (8) Because now Nando's has been caught ploughing money into all manner of legal but morally iffy offshore tax havens, and the fragile castle of ideology that I have painstakingly constructed for myself has crumpled.
  • (9) When they mentioned figures, they were very iffy about whether they were positive or negative.
  • (10) 11.12pm BST Tweets Rory Murphy (@bogotabandit2) so @HunterFelt prediction already looking a bit iffy.
  • (11) Their only post-promotion victory came at Sunderland in August but, after a few slightly iffy performances, Ramírez was back to his elegant, subtly incisive, intelligent best during last Saturday’s encouraging 0-0 draw at Arsenal .
  • (12) Berlind's theory of ovum transmigration in the etiology of tubal pregnancy is revived and brought into line with Iffy's delayed ovulation-reflux hypothesis.
  • (13) In other words: Tonight is your chance to go crazy conspiracy theorists, feel free to examine the game tape surrounding every iffy call as if it were the Zapruder film.
  • (14) It might be one of the oldest methods of preserving fruit, but make sure you put them in an airtight container, and if you've had them for a while, now's the time to use them up – I'm a bit iffy about keeping any ingredient for longer than six months.
  • (15) Jarvis isn't interested in who celebrities are shagging: "People might be a bit iffy, but that's between them and their conscience.
  • (16) He’s the one that’s been very iffy and about his role and what he would like to do about immigration.” Reckless made the comments when he was challenged to spell out what would happen to a Polish plumber if Ukip had its way on Britain leaving the EU.
  • (17) Indeed, according to Jim Ward's account, only an iffy penalty decision kept Rams – Isthmian League Cup winners that season – out of the final against Wimbledon.
  • (18) It was a bit iffy when Garvey got to the bullying (he said "strong-willed" and "tough" too many times, like he'd spent a weekend with Miliband, brainstorming positive terms for "bastard").
  • (19) Everyone: Isn't it a bit iffy hanging around with her again?
  • (20) Asked about calls for an election pact, he said: “The internal wrangling of the Conservative party is no longer my problem … There is something a little bit iffy about the idea of pacts, because it suggests politicians fixing things for their convenience.

Legality


Definition:

  • (n.) The state or quality of being legal; conformity to law.
  • (n.) A conformity to, and resting upon, the letter of the law.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Other articles in the series will look at particular legal problems in the dental specialties.
  • (2) We are pursuing legal action because there are still so many unanswered questions about the viability of Shenhua’s proposed koala plan and it seems at this point the plan does not guarantee the survival of the estimated 262 koalas currently living where Shenhua wants to put its mine,” said Ranclaud.
  • (3) It is entirely proper for serving judges to set out the arguments in high-profile cases to help public understanding of the legal issues, as long as it is done in an even-handed way.
  • (4) Tables provide data for Denmark in reference to: 1) number of legal abortions and the abortion rates for 1940-1977; 2) distribution of abortions by season, 1972-1977; 3) abortion rates by maternal age, 1971-1977; 4) oral contraceptive and IUD sales for 1977-1978; and 5) number of births and estimated number of abortions and conceptions, 1960-1975.
  • (5) Neil Blessitt Bristol • We need to establish what the legal position is with regard to the establishment by the government of a private company co-owned by the Department of Health and the French firm Sopra Steria.
  • (6) This article discusses the advantages, clinical uses, limitations, and legal aspects of this mydriatic antagonist in optometric practice.
  • (7) And this has opened up a loophole for businesses to be morally bankrupt, ignoring the obligations to its workforce because no legal conduct has been established.” Whatever the outcome of the pending lawsuits, it’s unlikely that just one model will work for everybody.
  • (8) In view of many ethical and legal problems, connected in some countries with obtaining human fetal tissue for transplantation, cross-species transplants would be an attractive alternative.
  • (9) On 18 March 1996, the force agreed, without admitting any wrongdoing by any officer, to pay Tomkins £40,000 compensation, and £70,000 for his legal costs.
  • (10) The HKSAR government will continue to follow up on the matter so as to protect the legal rights of the people of Hong Kong."
  • (11) According to the Howard League for Penal Reform, which is backing the legal challenge, every year 75,0000 17-year-olds are held in custody.
  • (12) She successfully appealed against the council’s decision to refuse planning permission, but neighbours have launched a legal challenge to be heard at the high court in June.
  • (13) What’s needed is manifesto commitments from all the main political parties to improve the help single homeless people are legally entitled to.
  • (14) We believe our proposal will save taxpayers about £4m and reduce by about 11,000 the number of legally aided cases brought by prisoners each year.
  • (15) Defendants on legal aid will no longer be able to choose their solicitor.
  • (16) We now look forward to a judicial process which will apply impartial analysis and clear legal standards."
  • (17) Ethical, legal, and practical implications of this problem are discussed.
  • (18) While it’s not unknown to see such self-balancing mini scooters on the pavement, under legal guidance reiterated on Monday by the Crown Prosecution Service all such “personal transporters”, including hoverboards and Segways , are banned from the footpath.
  • (19) We are confident that the European commission’s state aid decision on Hinkley Point C is legally robust,” a spokeswoman for Britain’s Department of Energy and Climate Change said last week.
  • (20) At present, anyone can bring a legal action for an indefinite period over a posted article.