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royal roads

royal roads is the plural of royal road.

Meaning of royal road

Noun

royal road (plural royal roads)

  1. An easy or straightforward procedure for achieving a goal; a procedure that requires little effort.
    • There is no royal road to success in transport work.1942 May-June, T. F. Cameron, “An Outline of Railway Traffic Operation”, in Railway Magazine, page 138
  2. A chord progression, IVᴹ⁷–V⁷–iii⁷–vi, common in Japanese pop music.

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Questions about royal roads

What is royal roads the plural of?
Royal roads is the plural of royal road.

Words near royal roads in the dictionary

  1. royal rat
  2. royal rats
  3. royal red prawn
  4. royal red prawns
  5. royal road
  6. royal roads
  7. royal scamp
  8. royal scamps
  9. Royal Scythians
  10. royal spade
  11. royal spades

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