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sovereignly

sovereignly adverb: to the highest degree; wholly; utterly.

Adverb

sovereignly (comparative more sovereignly, superlative most sovereignly)

  1. (archaic) To the highest degree; wholly; utterly
    • They are sovereignly unjust, for all the parties are human beings with the same essential interests, and no one of them is the wholly perverse demon which another often imagines him to be.1909, William James, A Pluralistic Universe
    • There is something almost magical at first sight in the transformation which the Australian colonies have undergone in a very limited space of time; yet it is but the natural result of the untrammelled energy of a race sovereignly fitted to "subdue the earth."1897, Anne E. Keeling, Great Britain and Her Queen

Forms of sovereignly

comparativemore sovereignly
superlativemost sovereignly
alternative formsovranly

Origin of sovereignly

From Middle English sovereynly, sovereynliche, soveraynliche, equivalent to sovereign + -ly.

Questions about sovereignly

What does sovereignly mean?
Sovereignly means to the highest degree; wholly; utterly.
What part of speech is sovereignly?
Sovereignly is an adverb.

Words near sovereignly in the dictionary

  1. sovereignists
  2. sovereignize
  3. sovereignized
  4. sovereignizes
  5. sovereignizing
  6. sovereignly
  7. sovereignness
  8. sovereigns
  9. sovereignship
  10. sovereignships
  11. sovereignties

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