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royally

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roy·al  (roil)
adj.
1. Of or relating to a monarch.
2. Of the rank of a monarch.
3. Of, relating to, or in the service of a kingdom.
4. Issued or performed by a monarch: a royal warrant; a royal visit.
5. Founded, chartered, or authorized by a monarch: a royal society of musicians.
6. Befitting royalty; stately: royal treatment.
7.
a. Superior, as in size or quality.
b. Used as an intensive: "It would be a first-class royal mess" (Sam Nunn).
n.
1. Informal A member of a monarch's family: "Among the resort's distinguished visitors are Swedish and Spanish royals" (Alistair Scott).
2. Nautical A sail set on the royalmast.
3. A paper size, 20 by 25 inches for printing, 19 by 24 inches for writing.
Idiom:
the royal road
A way or method that presents no difficulties: the royal road to success.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin rglis, from rx, rg-, king; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]

royal·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.royally - in a royal manner; "they were royally treated"
Translations
royally [ˈrɔɪəlɪ] ADV (fig) → magníficamente, espléndidamente
royally [ˈrɔɪəli] adv
[treat, receive, welcome] → royalement
to get royally drunk → prendre une bonne cuite
Royal Mail n (British) the Royal Mail le service postal britannique
Royal Marines npl (British) the Royal Marines → l'infanterie f de marine
Royal Navy n (British) the Royal Navy → la marine nationale
Royal Shakespeare Company [ˌrɔɪəlˈʃeɪkspɪərkʌmpəni] n (British) the Royal Shakespeare Company troupe de théâtre spécialisée dans le répertoire shakespearien
royally
adv
königlich; (right) royally (fig: = lavishly) → fürstlich, königlich
(inf: = totally) to get royally drunksich total besaufen (inf); you have messed up royallyda hast du totalen Scheiß gebaut (inf)
royally [ˈrɔɪəlɪ] advda re
royally [ˈrɔɪəlɪ] advda re


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My lord cardinal, besides, can endow his niece royally, nay, more than royally.
He raged royally and fought royally, leaping to the attack, after being knocked over twice by open-handed blows under his ear.
Chaka dropped the little spear handled with the red wood and looked round, and so royally that the princes, his brothers, grew afraid and shrank away from him.
 
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