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/prˈɪnsli/ Listen

adjective

Princely adj.

Of or relating to a prince; regal; royal; of highest rank or authority; as, princely birth, character, fortune, etc.

Suitable for, or becoming to, a prince; grand; august; munificent; magnificent; as, princely virtues; a princely fortune. "Most princely gifts."

adverb

Princely adv. In a princely manner. "My appetite was not princely got."

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Etymology of 'Princely'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Princely" Quotes from Famous Books

... a proposition to make to you should you care to accept it. I have a niece—a widow—she is rather an attractive lady. If you will marry her I will pay off all your mortgages and settle on her quite a princely dower." ...

— The Reason Why • Elinor Glyn

... of his wealth; and his disappointed heirs, beholding numerous drawers and closets full of torn fragments that had once composed noble pictures, understood and cursed the odious use to which their relative had applied his princely fortune. ...

— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 • Various

... at him only with the enthusiasm which his extreme beauty might well awaken in the heart of a romantic maiden; then I grew to see in the princely type of that beauty a reflection of his mind. Did ever any fond fool so dote upon her Ideal as I on mine? All generous thoughts, all noble deeds, seemed only the fit expression of his nature. Then I came to mingle a reverence with my admiration. We were friends; he talked to me much of his plans ...

— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 3, Issue 15, January, 1859 • Various

... at this time forty years old—the age when ambition becomes powerful in men, and takes the place of love of pleasure. He was received at Rome with princely distinction, and he could have asked for nothing—bishoprics, red hats, or red stockings—which would not have been freely given to him if he ...

— Short Studies on Great Subjects • James Anthony Froude

... sometimes since his freedom surreptitiously made one at these merry gatherings, where a princely fortune and a more than princely taste directed all that appealed to all appetites—the king himself, coming flushed from one of these famous suppers into the sudden coolness and quiet of the great room, would appear to be more impressed than his ...

— The Duke's Motto - A Melodrama • Justin Huntly McCarthy

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