kinglike
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Hamilton, for example, declared that the new nation should have a kinglike executive to govern as long as he was on "good behavior."
From Time Magazine Archive
Suharto's kinglike grip on power mesmerizes all his subjects, and so far no one has dared to openly challenge him.
From Time Magazine Archive
Standing before the biggest and the oldest and the most kinglike of them all, I suddenly had an idea.
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
Hakim, thou hast chosen thy boon; and though I had rather thou hadst asked my crown jewels, yet I may not, kinglike, refuse thee.
From The Talisman by Sir Walter Scott
But, such was the virtue of the snow-white flower, instead of wallowing down from his throne in swinish shape or taking any other brutal form, Ulysses looked even more manly and kinglike than before.
From The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) by Various
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