Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: loyalty
IPA transcription: [l'ɔɪəlti]
Pronunciations of loyalty
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: loyalty, trueness
    Meaning: the quality of being loyal
  • Synonyms: loyalty
    Meaning: feelings of allegiance
  • Synonyms: commitment, allegiance, loyalty, dedication
    Meaning: the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action; "his long commitment to public service"; "they felt no loyalty to a losing team"
Usage examples
  • Chivalrous loyalty and high forbearance
  • Her loyalty was strained to the breaking point.
  • Richard meant to employ these fellows shrewdly and test their loyalty.
  • He strove to express his loyalty, but he could only make fantastic gestures.
  • Gangs are marked by fraternal feeling, and narrow cliques by intense loyalty to their own codes.
  • To Europeans this loyalty, which, it is worthy of mention here, is shared by the Moslems of India, has always appeared somewhat of an enigma.
  • The colonel, with his strong loyalty to the South, might seek to hold him, at least as his personal prisoner, and now the trouble was avoided.
  • The qualities which accompany this unity, praiseworthy community of purpose and welfare, loyalty to public ends, mutuality of sympathy, are emphasized.
  • Knowing Vincent's loyalty to Holy Church and his obedience to authority, she determined to have recourse to her brother-in-law, the Archbishop of Paris.
  • I wanted to cross the footlights and help the slim-waisted Armand in the frilled shirt to convince her that there was still loyalty and devotion in the world.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording John Y. Brown (politician, born 1835), License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Julius Caesar, License CC BY-SA 4.0