Regal
['riːg(ə)l]
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to a king; kingly; royal; as, regal authority, pomp, or sway.
(n.) A small portable organ, played with one hand, the bellows being worked with the other, -- used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Kingly, royal.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Kingly, royal, splendid, imperial, magnificent, princely
ANT:Beggarly, miserly, mean, shabby
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Definition
n. a small portable organ used to support treble voices.—Also Rig′ole.
adj. belonging to a king: kingly: royal.—adv. Rē′gally.
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Examples
- He dropped the curtains over the broad window and regal moon. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The banner of her family hung there, still surmounted by its regal crown. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He was a little abashed by her regal composure. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- They writhed her regal face to a demoniac mask. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I looked on the regal towers of Windsor. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- No doubt regal psychology has varied with the ages. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- At one time she was so brave, and at another so timid; now so tender, and then so haughty and regal-proud. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- It rehearsed a number of fundamental rights that made England a legal and not a regal state. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- After this Martha was seated more firmly than ever on the regal seat, elevated by reverence and love. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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