Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: kingly
IPA transcription: [k'ɪŋli]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: kingly, kinglike
    Meaning: having the rank of or resembling or befitting a king; "symbolizing kingly power"; "the murder of his kingly guest"
Usage examples
  • Again, "Suppose the ruler to possess true kingly qualities, then surely after one generation there would be good-will among men."
  • I saw Mr. Balfour, so handsome and gracious that I refused to believe there had ever been cause to call him "Bloody Balfour." There was something kingly about him--yet he was simply Mr. Balfour.
  • This visit of search, let it have originated how it might, and be as despicable in itself as it was ludicrous in its result, showed but too clearly how strong the current of popular feeling was setting against all the mounds of social distinction, and not kingly prerogative alone.
  • The other Carlos, turning off to the left with a rapid clatter of hoofs on the disjointed pavement--Don Carlos Gould, in his English clothes, looked as incongruous, but much more at home than the kingly cavalier reining in his steed on the pedestal above the sleeping leperos, with his marble arm raised towards the marble rim of a plumed hat.