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regally

adv

Etymology

From Middle English regali; equivalent to regal + -ly.

  1. inherited from regali

Definitions

  1. In a regal manner, in the way of, or befitting, royalty.

    • Mrs. Mountstuart seated herself regally "Ah, Mr. Dale!" she said, inclining to him. "Yes, dear Lady Busshe, there is a particle."
    • His wife is very pretty. Not exactly regally lovely, of course—it wouldn’t do, I suppose, for a minister to have a regally lovely wife, because it might set a bad example.
    • But here was someone who could have been paid regally for just phoning it in for another year or two willing instead to throw that all away

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA