"kingly" meaning in English

See kingly in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: kinglier [comparative], kingliest [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English kyngly, from Old English *cyninglīċ (“kingly, royal”), equivalent to king + -ly. Cognate with Dutch koninklijk (“kingly, royal”), German königlich (“kingly”), Swedish kunglig (“kingly”). Compare also Old English cynelīċ (“kingly, royal, public”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|kyngly}} Middle English kyngly, {{inh|en|ang|*cyninglīċ|t=kingly, royal}} Old English *cyninglīċ (“kingly, royal”), {{suffix|en|king|ly|id2=adjectival}} king + -ly, {{cog|nl|koninklijk||kingly, royal}} Dutch koninklijk (“kingly, royal”), {{cog|de|königlich||kingly}} German königlich (“kingly”), {{cog|sv|kunglig||kingly}} Swedish kunglig (“kingly”), {{cog|ang|cynelīċ||kingly, royal, public}} Old English cynelīċ (“kingly, royal, public”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} kingly (comparative kinglier, superlative kingliest)
  1. (not comparable) Of or belonging to a king or kings; exercised by a king. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-kingly-en-adj-kdBbsnBl
  2. Characteristic of kings, majestic, regal; as befits a king, in the manner of a king. Translations (majestic and regal): царствен (carstven) (Bulgarian), величествен (veličestven) (Bulgarian), kuninkaallinen (Finnish), majesteettinen (Finnish), მეფის (mepis) (Georgian), მეფური (mepuri) (Georgian), სამეფო (samepo) (Georgian), königlich (German), edel (German), vornehm (German), majestätisch (German), wie ein König (German), 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃 (reikeis) (Gothic), ríoga (Irish), ríúil (Irish), regius (Latin), regalis (Latin), 𐭱𐭠𐭤𐭥𐭠𐭥 (šāhvār) (Middle Persian), شاهوار (šâhvâr) (Persian), régio (Portuguese), राज्य (rājya) (Sanskrit), rìoghail (Scottish Gaelic), kunglig (Swedish), konungslig (Swedish), regik (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-kingly-en-adj-YsCsdaS1 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival), Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Gothic translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Middle Persian translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Sanskrit translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival): 34 66 Disambiguation of Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Gothic translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle Persian translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Sanskrit translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of 'majestic and regal': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: kinglike, majestic, regal, royal Derived forms: kinglihood, kingliness
Etymology number: 1

Adverb

Forms: more kingly [comparative], most kingly [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English kyngly, from Old English *cyninglīċe (“kingly, royally”), equivalent to king + -ly. Compare Old English cynelīċe (“kingly, royally, publicly”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|kyngly}} Middle English kyngly, {{inh|en|ang||*cyninglīċe|kingly, royally}} Old English *cyninglīċe (“kingly, royally”), {{suffix|en|king|ly|id2=adverbial}} king + -ly, {{cog|ang|cynelīċe||kingly, royally, publicly}} Old English cynelīċe (“kingly, royally, publicly”) Head templates: {{en-adv}} kingly (comparative more kingly, superlative most kingly)
  1. In a royal manner. Synonyms: kinglily Translations (in a royal manner): königlich (German), edel (German), vornehm (German), majestätisch (German), кралски (kralski) [masculine] (Macedonian), царски (carski) [masculine] (Macedonian), po królewsku (Polish), królewsko (Polish), regiamente (Portuguese), majestuosamente (Spanish), kungligt (Swedish), regiko (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-kingly-en-adv-hlPWfrv2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Volapük translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 38 56 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 15 29 57 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 32 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 38 57 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 30 65 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 13 29 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 13 29 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 13 30 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 12 30 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 7 25 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 12 29 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 8 27 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "text": "1701, Jonathan Swift, A Discourse of the Contests and Dissensions between the Nobles and the Commons in Athens and Rome, Chapter IV, in The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, edited by John Nichols, London: J. Johnson, 1801, Vol. 2, pp. 328-9 https://books.google.ca/books?id=fN4NAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false\nBut in Sparta, which was called a kingly government, though the people were perfectly free, yet because the administration was in the two kings and the ephori, with the assistance of the senate, we read of no impeachments by the people;"
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          "text": "1580s, Philip Sidney, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia, London: Simon Waterson, 1613, Book 2, p. 159, https://books.google.ca/books?id=a0XVv0Gubt8C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false\nFor then she sets foorth the liberty of his mind, the high flying of his thoughts, the fitnesse in him to beare rule, the singular loue the subiects bare him; that it was doubtful, whether his wit were greater in winning their fauours, or his courage in imploying their fauours: that he was not borne to liue a subiect-life, each action of his bearing in it Maiestie, such a kingly entertainement, such a kingly magnificence, such a kingly heart for enterprises: especially remembring those vertues, which in successor are no more honored by the subiects, then suspected of the Princes."
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          "sense": "in a royal manner",
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        "3": "",
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          "ref": "c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:",
          "text": "O thou dull god, why liest thou with the vile / In loathsome beds, and leav'st the kingly couch / A watch-case or a common 'larum-bell?",
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          "text": "1701, Jonathan Swift, A Discourse of the Contests and Dissensions between the Nobles and the Commons in Athens and Rome, Chapter IV, in The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, edited by John Nichols, London: J. Johnson, 1801, Vol. 2, pp. 328-9 https://books.google.ca/books?id=fN4NAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false\nBut in Sparta, which was called a kingly government, though the people were perfectly free, yet because the administration was in the two kings and the ephori, with the assistance of the senate, we read of no impeachments by the people;"
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          "text": "1580s, Philip Sidney, The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia, London: Simon Waterson, 1613, Book 2, p. 159, https://books.google.ca/books?id=a0XVv0Gubt8C&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false\nFor then she sets foorth the liberty of his mind, the high flying of his thoughts, the fitnesse in him to beare rule, the singular loue the subiects bare him; that it was doubtful, whether his wit were greater in winning their fauours, or his courage in imploying their fauours: that he was not borne to liue a subiect-life, each action of his bearing in it Maiestie, such a kingly entertainement, such a kingly magnificence, such a kingly heart for enterprises: especially remembring those vertues, which in successor are no more honored by the subiects, then suspected of the Princes."
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        {
          "ref": "1854, Gerald Massey, “The Kingliest Kings”, in Poems and Ballads, New York: J.C. Derby, page 92:",
          "text": "Tho' trouble-tried, and torture-torn, / The kingliest Kings are crown'd with thorn.",
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          "ref": "1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 138:",
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          "ref": "1951, C. S. Lewis, chapter 7, in Prince Caspian, Collins, published 1998:",
          "text": "Never had sleep been more refreshing nor food tasted more savory, and he began already to harden and his face wore a kinglier look.",
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      "word": "kinglike"
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      "word": "royal"
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      "word": "царствен"
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      "word": "величествен"
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      "word": "kuninkaallinen"
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      "word": "majesteettinen"
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      "word": "მეფის"
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      "word": "მეფური"
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      "word": "სამეფო"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "majestic and regal",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "majestic and regal",
      "word": "edel"
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      "sense": "majestic and regal",
      "word": "vornehm"
    },
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "majestic and regal",
      "word": "majestätisch"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "wie ein König"
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      "roman": "reikeis",
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      "word": "𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃"
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      "word": "𐭱𐭠𐭤𐭥𐭠𐭥"
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      "word": "شاهوار"
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      "word": "kunglig"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "majestic and regal",
      "word": "regik"
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      "word": "kinglily"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in a royal manner",
      "word": "königlich"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "in a royal manner",
      "word": "edel"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "in a royal manner",
      "word": "królewsko"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "in a royal manner",
      "word": "regiamente"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in a royal manner",
      "word": "majestuosamente"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in a royal manner",
      "word": "kungligt"
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      "code": "vo",
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      "sense": "in a royal manner",
      "word": "regiko"
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}

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