royally

adverb

roy·al·ly ˈrȯi-ə-lē

: by persons of royal rank or lineage

… a royally bred race horse …—

Peter Winants

… royally appointed secretaries …—

Chester G. Starr

Soon, high-caste canines were so much in demand that royally bred hounds from the kennels of the Czar of Russia and the Queen of England were sent to Westminster and offered to the title-dazzled American public …—

Wendy Insinger

: to a standard befitting royalty : extremely well and luxuriously

Throughout my two-day visit at each institution I was treated royally, almost as though I were a font of wisdom bubbling forth vintage champagne.—

Vincent G. Dethier

"Here they are, queens all three, I think. You'll be waited on royally. Now let's go see the paradise I promised you."—

Heather Albano

Come in, and let us banquet royally …—

William Shakespeare

informal : to a high degree

—used as an intensive

… screws things up royally …—

Daniel Menaker

… their apartments have been royally trashed.—

Lee Child

He hadn't intended to make a speech. And it wasn't even what he had planned to say to them. He had gotten royally sidetracked.—

Maggie Davis

It doesn't take long to learn that a lie always unravels and that it always ends up making you feel royally cruddy.—

Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Examples of royally in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Enigmatic performances make for a royally unexpected watch. —

Zac Ntim, Deadline, 10 July 2024 Travis Kelce was royally flushed when meeting Prince William. —

Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 26 June 2024 The British bootmaker has been in business since 1856 — and it’s even been royally approved by the late Queen Elizabeth. —

Leonora Epstein, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024 One of the King’s royally swish gifts will go under the gavel this spring. —

Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 19 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for royally

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