as in regal
fit for or worthy of a royal ruler
set a princely meal before their guests
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Recent Examples of princely
The team made its first major discovery, a similar princely tomb, in 2018.
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 July 2024
As a youth baseball clinic at Yongsan Children’s Park began to wrap up, royalty of the baseball and political kind prepared for a princely moment.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2024
When Britain divided its Indian colony into a Hindu-majority India and a Muslim-majority Pakistan in 1947, the status of what was then the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir was left undecided.
—Aijaz Hussain, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Dec. 2023
Gingerly walking down the rickety steps of the church, John Jr. gallantly clasping her hand, her face flushed with euphoria and surprise at the princely gesture, Carolyn was the Camelot bride.
—Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 6 Nov. 2023
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 July 2024
As a youth baseball clinic at Yongsan Children’s Park began to wrap up, royalty of the baseball and political kind prepared for a princely moment.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2024
When Britain divided its Indian colony into a Hindu-majority India and a Muslim-majority Pakistan in 1947, the status of what was then the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir was left undecided.
—Aijaz Hussain, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Dec. 2023
Gingerly walking down the rickety steps of the church, John Jr. gallantly clasping her hand, her face flushed with euphoria and surprise at the princely gesture, Carolyn was the Camelot bride.
—Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 6 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for princely
Adjective
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The lodge got its name from the bucket list gamefish that attracts anglers from around the world seeking to hook up with the silver king, the nickname given to the regal tarpon.—
Steve Waters,
Miami Herald,
16 May 2025
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Lined by regal, centuries-old stone palazzos, cobbled Via di Monserrato and its equally picturesque surrounding streets, on the west edge of the Centro Storico, provide an almost cinematic shopping excursion.—
Seth Sherwood,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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As if that wasn’t enough, a parade of royal camels welcomed Trump outside the Amiri Diwan, Qatar’s presidential office.—
Natasha Turak,
CNBC,
16 May 2025
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The brand was founded in 1846 as a leather-making collective and supplier to the Spanish royal crown.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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Historical memory Even before the conflict was over, aristocratic Anglican writers such as Sir Richard Musgrave spun the rebellion as an uprising of disgruntled Catholics.—
Joseph Patrick Kelly,
The Conversation,
20 May 2025
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Just six years ago, the Times Square Alliance temporarily installed a similarly monumental statue by the artist Kehinde Wiley, who rose to stardom for his aristocratic portraits of contemporary Black people.—
Andrew Keh,
New York Times,
18 May 2025
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On the thirteenth-century tomb of Eleanor of Aquitaine, she is shown wide awake and reading, while her dull and kingly husband sleeps for all eternity.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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K by Dolce & Gabbana would be a kingly gift for any man.—
Dallas News,
Dallas News,
30 Nov. 2022
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“Princely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/princely. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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