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US
/ˈkɪŋɫi/
]
[ UK /kˈɪŋli/ ]
[ UK /kˈɪŋli/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
having the rank of or resembling or befitting a king
the murder of his kingly guest
symbolizing kingly power
How To Use kingly In A Sentence
- Parts of all three vases were mingled together and the position of each piece had to be painstakingly documented to aid the reconstruction. Times, Sunday Times
- He admired Machiavelli for recognizing that sometimes our ends are mutually exclusive and for facing that fact unblinkingly.
- He was a highly intelligent commercial lawyer and then judge who suddenly found himself having to grind out fact after fact from nuggets of information painstakingly. Times, Sunday Times
- The period detail has been painstakingly recreated and it is shot in a sombre palette of olive greens and sepia tones.
- Elected officials, he lectured, should not speak unthinkingly, but rather, when doubts exist, keep silent.
- Our brave front withstood unshrinkingly the heavy fire of rifles and cannon concentrated upon it.
- Now, I'm not saying that wow is the devil or anything knee-jerkingly reactionist like that (although I * do* have some serious issues with some elements of it: the grind, only having one somewhat flawed model of guild leadership, etc, etc). Becoming Gamer; or "My last ever log out."
- Such winkingly ostentatious nastiness and Mr. Pollock's habit of telegraphing violence rather than lingering over it make this violent book surprisingly easy to read and digest. The Comic-Grotesque Goes North
- The rest of the disc isn't as sonically edgy, but the sounds and settings that Bowie & Ronson worked up for each are strikingly appropriate.
- The idea grew from a remark made unthinkingly by chairman.