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How to use princely in a sentence

17 example sentences · adjective, adverb

Princely means relating to a prince. Example: “No expense was spared in making it a princely residence.”

Examples of princely by meaning

adjectiveRelating to a prince.

  • princely birth or character
  • 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

adjectiveBefitting a prince.

  • a princely sum
  • No expense was spared in making it a princely residence.

adverbIn the manner of a royal prince's conduct.

  • 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...
  • “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
  • Has the princely generous Dr.1938 December 11, “Dr. Townsend Shaves His Plan”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch, volume 91, number 97, St. Louis, Mo., page 2F

More sentences with princely

  • After all that work, I've earned the princely sum of two pounds.From the entry princely sum
  • The painting fetched a princely sum.From the entry princely sum
  • The jinny told him to sell the fishes to his king, for his reward would be princely.2009, Olavi Moilanen, Find Your True Self Through Your Fantasies and Dreams, page 263. From the entry jinny
  • This amount was measly sum to the givers, but a princely sum to the takers.2004, Richard Rizun, Ora, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN. From the entry measly
  • Here we have the “merely psychological” monarchology—the classical principles of princely conduct based upon appearances.1913, Lewis Leopold, “Political Prestige”, in Prestige: A Psychological Study of Social Estimates, London; Leipzig: T. Fisher Unwin; […]…. From the entry monarchology
  • Had not the haughty, eccentric Don John, his handsome, merry joculatrix, attached to his princely household?1903, Frederic Stewart Isham, Under the Rose. From the entry joculatrix
  • The tomb of the XIth or XIIIth dynasty, either princely or royal.1900 September, “Recent Excavations in Egypt”, in Biblia. A Monthly Journal of Oriental Research in Archæology, Ethnology, Literature…. From the entry XIIIth
  • The men were princely dressed in pin striped suits, fedora hats and broad toe shoes with patterned vamps.2020, Veronica Purcell, The Fourth Zaldizko (Seriphyn Knight Chronicles; book 2), Katarr Kanticles Press, page 7. From the entry desirably
  • Here the princely hero is a nondancing cavalier amid the many swan-maidens who resemble the one with whom he is falling in love.2009 May 20, Alastair Macaulay, “A Season Opener Includes an Obama in the House”, in New York Times. From the entry nondancing
  • And suddenly the fifty-cent tip previously bestowed upon the servitor seemed, to one unexpectedly fallen heir to the princely fortune then in P.1913, Louis Joseph Vance, chapter 8, in The Day of Days. From the entry beggarliness

Meaning of princely

  1. adjective Relating to a prince.
  2. adjective Similar or comparable to a prince.
  3. adjective Befitting a prince.

Full definition of princely

Questions about princely in a sentence

How do you use princely in a sentence?
Princely is used as an adjective and adverb. For example: “No expense was spared in making it a princely residence.”
What is a short sentence with princely?
“a princely sum”
What does princely mean?
Princely means relating to a prince.

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