royal road

or Royal Road

noun

1. an auspicious or easy way or means to achieve something:

   the royal road to success.

2. a highway in ancient Persia, 1,677 miles (2,700 km) long, extending from Susa in W Iran to W Asia Minor.

royal road

noun

1. an easy or direct way of achieving a desired end

   the royal road to success

Example Sentences

Larry, it looks like traveling up the royal road you slashed through the forest of penury.

From The Daily Beast

In Paris, Joachim soon found that the royal road to success lay in denouncing loudly all superior officers of lack of patriotism.

From Project Gutenberg

Bernard's farm is cut across by the Port Royal road, the old road to Richmond, and by the railroad.

From Project Gutenberg

The Port Royal road is bordered by cedars, thick-set hedges, and a deep ditch.

From Project Gutenberg

There was no royal road, she discovered, to the happiness of others any more than to her own.

From Project Gutenberg

The well-kept royal road ran through fields of good black, arable land, planted with trees of many different kinds.

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