Loyal
['lɒɪəl] or ['lɔɪəl]
Definition
(adj.) steadfast in allegiance or duty; 'loyal subjects'; 'loyal friends stood by him' .
Typist: Willard--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Faithful to law; upholding the lawful authority; faithful and true to the lawful government; faithful to the prince or sovereign to whom one is subject; unswerving in allegiance.
(a.) True to any person or persons to whom one owes fidelity, especially as a wife to her husband, lovers to each other, and friend to friend; constant; faithful to a cause or a principle.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Faithful, true, not perfidious, not treacherous.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Submissive, obedient, faithful, allegiant, true, constant
ANT:Insubmissive, insurgent, mal, content, rebellious, disobedient, unfaithful,unallegiant, untrue, inconstant, disaffected
Typist: Susan
Definition
adj. faithful to one's sovereign: obedient: true to a lover.—n. Loy′alist a loyal adherent of his sovereign esp. in English history a partisan of the Stuarts: in the American war one that sided with the British troops.—adv. Loy′ally.—n. Loy′alty.
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Examples
- Such an attachment from so true and loyal a gentleman could make no woman angry. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Whatever happened, he knew, she would always be loyal, gallant and unresentful; and that pledged him to the practice of the same virtues. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Presently the loyal Flanders regiment appeared at Versailles. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He was intensely loyal to Zat Arras. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Very loyal to the Republic. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But this imperfectly taught woman, whose phrases and habits were an odd patchwork, had a loyal spirit within her. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Their heads have fallen in many a loyal conspiracy. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- You are loyal. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He represented himself as the loyal friend of Persia, and Darius was not disposed to be too critical. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- If by this is meant, Was he loyal to Athenian institutions? Plato. The Republic.
- As it was, many loyal people despaired in the fall of 1862 of ever saving the Union. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Savage groups mainly rely for instilling needed dispositions into the young upon the same sort of association which keeps adults loyal to their group. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Listen to me, a loyal officer and comrade. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- This may be said, that in all London there was no more loyal heart than Becky's after this interview. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Her hostess had not been included in the Duchess's invitation, though she herself had made the most loyal efforts in that direction. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- For she's loyal! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I found a great many people at home along that route, both in Tennessee and Kentucky, and, almost universally, intensely loyal. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Suppose the customary loyal toasts drunk; the King's health, the Queen's with deafening vivats; that of the nation 'omitted,' or even 'rejected. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She was truest to them in the season of trial, as all the quietly loyal and good will always be. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The gentleman with whom I had stopped twenty miles from Memphis was a Mr. De Loche, a man loyal to the Union. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- We had many regiments of brave and loyal men who volunteered under great difficulty from the twelve million belonging to the South. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But Dixon was too loyal to desert her in her affliction and downfall (alias her married life). Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- She is a noble creature, said the loyal-hearted Sir James. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He was a most intelligent, patient, competent, and loyal assistant to Mr. Edison. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Loyal men were put into their places. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Let no man wonder that Lorimer's people do not prefer an efficiency expert, that a Tim Sullivan has power, or that men are loyal to Hinky Dink. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The press of the South, like the people who remained at home, were loyal to the Southern cause. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Upon this occasion the Irish chieftains contended which should first offer to the young Prince their loyal homage and the kiss of peace. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- He has certainly won a loyal champion, Miss Porter, said Captain Dufranne, laughing. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- A further large part is based upon the personal contributions of many loyal associates; and it is desired here to make grateful acknowledgment to such collaborators as Messrs. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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