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34 words match “KINGLY”

KINGLY a. 2 definitions
d or administered by a king; monarchical; royal; sovereign; regal; august; noble; grand. "Kingly magnificence." Sir P. Sidney. "A kingly government." Swift. "The kingly couch." Shak. The kingliest kings are crowned with thorn. G. Massey. Leave kingly backs to cope with kingly cares. Cowper.
BAKINGLY adv.
In a hot or baking manner.
BALKINGLY adv.
In manner to balk or frustrate.
JOKINGLY adv.
In a joking way; sportively.
MAWKINGLY adv.
Slatternly. [Obs.]
MISTAKINGLY adv.
Erroneously.
MOCKINGLY adv.
By way of derision; in a contemptuous or mocking manner.
QUAKINGLY adv.
In a quaking manner; fearfully. Sir P. Sidney.
REBUKINGLY adv.
By way of rebuke.
REVOKINGLY adv.
By way of revocation.
SHRINKINGLY adv.
In a shrinking manner.
SKULKINGLY adv.
In a skulking manner.
SMIRKINGLY adv.
With smirking; with a smirk.
SQUEAKINGLY adv.
In a squeaking manner.
STINKINGLY adv.
In a stinking manner; with an offensive smell.
WINKINGLY adv.
In a winking manner; with the eye almost closed. Peacham.
BASILIC; BASILICAL a.
Royal; kingly; also, basilican.
CALICO a.
n applied to an animal, as a horse or cat, on whose body are large patches of a color strikingly different from its main color. [Colloq. U. S.]
CORONET n.
ark of high rank lower than sovereignty. The word is used by Shakespeare to denote also a kingly crown. Without a star, a coronet, or garter. Goldsmith.
COUCH n.
ounge. Gentle sleep . . . why liest thou with the vile In loathsome beds, and leavest the kingly couch Shak. Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. Bryant.
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