[
US
/ˈpɹɪnsɫi/
]
[ UK /pɹˈɪnsli/ ]
[ UK /pɹˈɪnsli/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
ostentatiously rich and superior in quality
gilded dining rooms
a princely sum
these architecture magazines are full of the lush interiors of the rich and famous -
having the rank of or befitting a prince
a princely bearing
princely manner
How To Use princely In A Sentence
- Cottier and Company have converted into a place of princely but peaceful splendor.
- Cabinets of coins, medals, and bronze statuettes became a characteristic feature of German princely collections.
- We were given the run of a sauna (which had a tea room) and access to a swimming pool for three hours, for the princely sum of $25.
- I was earning the princely sum of 5,000 a year. Times, Sunday Times
- In the final scene, the young woman with her sight restored recognizes Charlie, the down-and-out tramp, as the rich and princely hero of her imagination.
- For his first book he received the princely sum of $ 400.
- Rigg leapt to his feet and let out a boyish, privick, unprincely hoot of happiness. Pathfinder
- On the other hand since the system of the patronage of the arts had collapsed and foreign rulers were not interested in taking over the responsibility, the role of the princely states became crucial.
- I never went on some crazy adventure, this lumbering failure of a journey not included, I never got to do any distinctly princely duties…
- The drivers want £7.00 an hour (they currently earn the princely sum of £6.20 an hour).