roial

Adjective

royal (comparative royaler or royaller, superlative royalest or royallest)

1. Of or relating to a monarch or his (or her) family.
   • He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance. […] But she said she must go back, and when they joined the crowd again her partner was haled off with a frightened look to the royal circle, […]1909 September 9, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], “A Court Ball”, in The Squire’s Daughter, London: Methuen & Co. […], →OCLC, page 9
2. Having the air or demeanour of a monarch; illustrious; magnanimous; of more than common size or excellence.
   • How doth that royal Merchant good Anthonio;c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

   Synonyms:

   kingly, monarchical, princely, queenly, regal, roy, majestic, stately

3. In large sailing ships, of a mast right above the topgallant mast and its sails.
   • royal mast; royal sail

   Synonyms:

   imperial, sultanic

4. Free-for-all, especially involving multiple combatants.
5. (informal) Used as an intensifier.
   • a royal pain in the neck
6. Describing a piece which, if captured, results in loss of game.
   • Maharajah and the Sepoys pits a single royal amazon for white against a standard chess army for black.

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