adjective
-·lier, -·li·est of, like, or fit for a king or kings; royal; regal; noble
Origin of kingly
Middle English
A lion has a kingly manner.
The definition of kingly is a regal person or like a king.
An example of kingly is the way a lion behaves in the jungle.
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adjective
king·li·er, king·li·est- Having the status or rank of king.
- Of, like, or befitting a king; majestic and regal.
adverb
In a royal way; royally.
Related Forms:
- king′li·ness
noun
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Origin
From Middle English kyngly, from Old English *cyninglīċ (“kingly, royal”), equivalent to king + -ly. Cognate with Dutch koninklijk (“kingly, royal”), German königlich (“kingly”), Swedish kunglig (“kingly”). Compare also Old English cynelīċ (“kingly, royal, public”).
Origin
From Middle English kyngly, from Old English *cyninglīċe (“kingly, royally”), equivalent to king + -ly. Compare Old English cynelīċe (“kingly, royally, publicly”).
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Sentence Examples
- Early in 984 the king was seized by Henry II., the Quarrelsome, the deposed duke of Bavaria, who claimed the regency as a member of the reigning house, and probably entertained the idea of obtaining the kingly dignity himself.
- How noble and kingly the King was, especially in his misfortunes!
- Under a kingly government office bestowed by the sovereign holds the same place which office bestowed by the people holds in a popular government.
- The kingly house, where there is one, is not a distinct class; it is simply the noblest of the noble.
- The kingly power in Poland, like the ducal power at Venice, had been so narrowed that Poland, though she still kept a king, called herself a republic no less than Venice.
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