the actress's regal bearing makes her a perfect choice to play royalty on the screen
envisioned a regal wedding with hundreds of guests, a full choir, and a reception at the fanciest hotel in town
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Copying the Princess of Wales’s regal nails is both affordable and achievable.—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 13 Jan. 2026 His work is regal and sharp, with dramatic timing perfected by years of World Series calls.—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026 But determined opposition, combined with Washington’s own restraint, tamed the presidency’s regal inheritance.—Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026 The museum’s taxidermic collection shows off the diversity of this regal order of raptors.—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for regal
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Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin regalis — more at royal