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To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing. His left hand countered provokingly. C. Kingsley.

Of or pertaining to a duke. His ducal cap was to be exchanged for a kingly crown. Motley.

The state or quality of being kingly.

To lie hid; to skulk; to act, or carry one's self, sneakingly. [Obs. or Colloq.] [Written also meach and meech.] Spenser.

To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly.

Royal; regal; kingly. [Obs.] "The blood real of Thebes." Chaucer.

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.

An upholder of kingly authority; a royalist. [Obs.] Fuller.

To laugh at mockingly or disparagingly; to awaken ridicule toward or respecting. I 've known the young, who ridiculed his rage. Goldsmith.

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.

In a royal or kingly manner; like a king; as becomes a king. His body shall be royally interred. Dryden.

The state of being royal; the condition or quality of a royal person; kingship; kingly office; sovereignty. Royalty by birth was the sweetest way of majesty. Holyday.

s with expressions of kind wishes and courtesy; to greet; to hail. I salute you with this kingly title. Shak.

Of or pertaining to a seignior; seigneurial. "Kingly or seignioral patronage." Burke.