See Also: Kingly(medicine)
kingly(dictionary)
kingly(dictionary)

kingly (iou)



kingly adjective & adverb. LME.
[from KING noun + -LY1.]
A. adjective.
Of the rank or nature of a king or kings. LME.
E. Peyton The Divine Catastrophe of the Kingly Family of the House of Stuarts.
Of or belonging to a king; held, exercised, or issued by a king. LME.
B. Emecheta His kingly eyes shone and his was the voice of authority. New Yorker President Reagan..held sway over the American political scene with an almost kingly authority.
b. Of government: monarchical. M17.
Having the character or quality of a king; kinglike, majestic. LME.
Dryden A generous, laudable, and kingly pride.
b. adverb. In a kingly manner; royally, regally. LME.
J. Cleveland This Way he could not but dye Kingly, at least, like a Gentleman.
kingliness noun L15.