REGALLY

regally

(adverb) in a regal manner; “a regally appropriate representative”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

regally (comparative more regally, superlative most regally)

In a regal manner, in the way of, or befitting, royalty.

Synonyms

• (in a regal manner): grandly, princely, royally

Anagrams

• allergy, gallery, largely

Source: Wiktionary


Re"gal*ly (r"gal*l), adv.

Definition: In a regal or royal manner.

REGAL

Re"gal (r"gal), a. Etym: [L. regalis, fr. rex, regis, a king. See Royal, and cf. Rajah, Realm, Regalia.]

Definition: Of or pertaining to a king; kingly; royal; as, regal authority, pomp, or sway. "The regal title." Shak. He made a scorn of his regal oath. Milton.

Syn.

– Kingly; royal. See Kingly.

Re"gal, n. Etym: [F. régale, It. regale. CF. Rigoll.] (Mus.)

Definition: A small portable organ, played with one hand, the bellows being worked with the other, -- used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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