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ROYALLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does royally mean?
• ROYALLY (adverb)
The adverb ROYALLY has 1 sense:
1. in a royal manner
Familiarity information: ROYALLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a royal manner
Synonyms:
like kings; like royalty; royally
Context example:
they were royally treated
Pertainym:
royal (of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch)
Context examples
He is living more royally than any man for’ard, though he does not know it.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
He was at home here, and he held his own royally in the badinage, bristling with slang and sharpness, that was always the preliminary to getting acquainted in these swift-moving affairs.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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