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princelily

princelily adverb: in a princely manner.

Adverb

princelily (comparative more princelily, superlative most princelily)

  1. In a princely manner.
    • […]; where, after His Majeſty had very Princelily vouchſafed to declare in general His Intent, concerning ſuch Impoſitions as the Commons, by their Grievances lately exhibited unto Him, had complained on;[…]Laſtly, His Highneſs moſt Princelily remembered, that, at their laſt Attending on Him at...1610?, Journals of the House of Lords, Beginning Anno Vicesimo Elizabethæ Reginæ, volume II, pages 639 and 658
    • Princelily, Principaliter, regiè.[1792, William Young, A New Latin-English Dictionary; Containing All the Words Proper for Reading the Classic Writers; with the Authorities Subjoined to Each Word and Phrase. To Which Is Prefixed, a...

Examples of princelily in a sentence

  • The great man appeared at last, a fine man and princelily dressed, and I was getting on hopefully with Luke xxiii. and xxiv., commenting upon it, till, alas!1891 March 26, Herbert [Alfred] Birks, quoting Thomas Valpy French, “The Lonely Pioneer”, in The Life and Correspondence of Thomas Valpy...
  • Salmon and cucumber suggests profiteerin’; and if there’s meat only with the and with greatest diff. do guests restrain themselves from fallin’ on the necks of the princelily generous hosts.1918, The Tatler, page 142:
  • Laugh with a charming dissemblance of laughter; give all, but give princelily; and let the great laws of control exhibit themselves immingled with what they control.1943, Charles Williams, The Figure of Beatrice: A Study in Dante, Faber and Faber Limited, page 66:

Forms of princelily

comparativemore princelily
superlativemost princelily

Origin of princelily

From princely + -ly.

Questions about princelily

What does princelily mean?
Princelily means in a princely manner.
How do you use princelily in a sentence?
The great man appeared at last, a fine man and princelily dressed, and I was getting on hopefully with Luke xxiii. and xxiv., commenting upon it, till, alas!
What part of speech is princelily?
Princelily is an adverb.

Words near princelily in the dictionary

  1. princelets
  2. princelier
  3. princeliest
  4. princelihood
  5. princelike
  6. princelily
  7. princeliness
  8. princeling
  9. princelings
  10. princely
  11. princely state

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