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princely

Syllables: prince·ly/ˈpɹɪnsli/

princely adjective: relating to a prince.

Adjective

princely (comparative princelier, superlative princeliest)

  1. Relating to a prince.
    • princely birth or character
    • And when the princely Perſean Diadem,
      Shall ouerweigh his wearie witleſſe head,
      And fall like mellowed fruit, with ſhakes of death,
      In faire Perſea noble Tamburlain
      Shall be my Regent, and remaine as King:c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
  2. Similar or comparable to a prince.
    Synonyms:
    princelike, princy
  3. Befitting a prince.
    • a princely sum
    • No expense was spared in making it a princely residence.

Adverb

princely (comparative more princely, superlative most princely)

  1. In the manner of a royal prince's conduct.
    • […] my appetite was not princely gote, […]c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henrie the Fourth, […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600...
    • Oilman Hall and I tried to interest him in noticing Morgan Robertson, who was passing near the corner of Sixth Avenue and Twenty-third Street, princely dressed in a frock coat and top hat.1914, Arthur W. Page, “Little Pictures of O. Henry”, in The Book Man: An Illustrated Magazine of Literature and Life, volume XXXVIII, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, chapter IV (The New York...
    Synonyms:
    princelily

princely meaning in Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

princely in Bengali

রাজকীয়, অত্যন্ত উদার

princely in Malayalam

രാജോചിതമായ, രാജവംശത്തിലുൾപ്പെട്ട

princely in Kannada

ಅರಸನಿಗೆ ತಕ್ಕ, ಅರಸನ, ರಾಜಕುಮಾರನ, ರಾಜನ, ರಾಜಯೋಗ್ಯ, ರಾಜೋಚಿತವಾದ

Examples of princely in a sentence

  • She so bewitched the whole princely race that six different princes, although each was married to a young wife, remained childless.1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 93:
  • “And if this Señor Regan be princely generous, he may give you and me the munificent sum that was mentioned, eh?1916, Jack London, chapter VI, in Hearts of Three, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, published 1920, page 82:
  • He was princely dressed in a black suit, and a cream-colored polo sweater.2005, Paula Perry-McKay, Romance of a Lifetime, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 172:
  • These are the accepted truths to all who encountered or knew of the princely dressed first sacker, whose three-piece suits and brown velvet derby defined him.2006, Thomas Porky McDonald, “Beyond the Plate”, in Never These Men: One Man’s Look at Baseball’s Creatively Cultured Figures, Bloomington...

All 17 example sentences with princely

Synonyms of princely

Antonyms

Forms of princely

Adjective
comparativeprincelier
superlativeprinceliest
Adverb
comparativemore princely
superlativemost princely

Origin of princely

From Middle English princely, pryncely, equivalent to prince + -ly (adjectival suffix). Compare Dutch prinselijk.

From prince + -ly (adverbial suffix).

Words formed from princely

Phrases with princely

Questions about princely

What does princely mean?
Princely means relating to a prince.
What is princely in Bengali?
Princely in Bengali is রাজকীয়, অত্যন্ত উদার. See Princely meaning in Bengali.
How do you use princely in a sentence?
She so bewitched the whole princely race that six different princes, although each was married to a young wife, remained childless.
What part of speech is princely?
Princely can be an adjective or an adverb.
How do you pronounce princely?
Princely is pronounced /ˈpɹɪnsli/.

Words near princely in the dictionary

  1. princelike
  2. princelily
  3. princeliness
  4. princeling
  5. princelings
  6. princely
  7. princely state
  8. princely states
  9. princely sum
  10. princely sums
  11. princeps

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Adapted from Wiktionary: princely (page history and authors); princely (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); princely (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); princely (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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