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ROYALLY
royally, like kings, like royalty
(adverb) in a royal manner; “they were royally treated”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
royally (comparative more royally, superlative most royally)
In a royal manner; in a manner having to do with royalty.
(colloquial) Excessively; thoroughly.
Source: Wiktionary
Roy"al*ly, adv.
Definition: In a royal or kingly manner; like a king; as becomes a king. His body shall be royally interred. Dryden.
ROYAL
Roy"al, a. Etym: [OE. roial, riall, real, OF. roial. reial, F. royal, fr. L. regalis, fr. rex, regis, king. See Rich, and cf. regal, real a coin, Rial.]
1. Kingly; pertaining to the crown or the sovereign; suitable for a king or queen; regal; as, royal power or prerogative; royal domains; the royal family; royal state.
2. Noble; generous; magnificent; princely. How doth that royal merchant, good Antonio Shak.
3. Under the patronage of royality; holding a charter granted by the sovereign; as, the Royal Academy of Arts; the Royal Society. Battle royal. See under Battle.
– Royal bay (Bot.), the classic laurel (Laurus nobilis.) -- Royal eagle. (Zoöl.) See Golden eagle, under Golden.
– Royal fern (Bot.), the handsome fern Osmunda regalis. See Osmund.
– Royal mast (Naut.), the mast next above the topgallant mast and usually the highest on a square-rigged vessel. The royal yard and royal sail are attached to the royal mast.
– Royal metal, an old name for gold.
– Royal palm (Bot.), a magnificent West Indian palm tree (Oreodoxa regia), lately discovered also in Florida.
– Royal pheasant. See Curassow.
– Royal purple, an intense violet color, verging toward blue.
– Royal tern (Zoöl.), a large, crested American tern (Sterna maxima).
– Royal tiger. (Zoöl.) See Tiger.
– Royal touch, the touching of a diseased person by the hand of a king, with the view of restoring to health; -- formerly extensively practiced, particularly for the scrofula, or king's evil.
Syn.
– Kingly; regal; monarchical; imperial; kinglike; princely; august; majestic; superb; splendid; illustrious; noble; magnanimous.
Roy"al, n.
1. Printing and writing papers of particular sizes. See under paper, n.
2. (Naut.)
Definition: A small sail immediately above the topgallant sail. Totten.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the upper or distal branches of an antler, as the third and fourth tynes of the antlers of a stag.
4. (Gun.)
Definition: A small mortar.
5. (Mil.)
Definition: One of the soldiers of the first regiment of foot of the British army, formerly called the Royals, and supposed to be the oldest regular corps in Europe; -- now called the Royal Scots.
6. An old English coin. See Rial.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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