kingly
adjective
stately or splendid, as resembling, suggesting, or befitting a king; regal.
kingliness
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a word derived from
kingly.
Example Sentences
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A man's goal in his quest is a kingliness, a regal self-possession.
From Time Magazine Archive
And that is ever the characteristic of true kingliness; it has a kingly way of doing the smaller things.
From My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year by John Henry Jowett
There's a kingliness, Marcella—not only about you, but about me too.
From Captivity by M. Leonora Eyles
From this community of feeling comes a kingliness of character; and he who is king-like goes on to be heaven-like.
From The Tao Teh King, or the Tao and its Characteristics by James Legge
Only a simpleton or sawney Falls short in reverence for Tawney; Only the man without a soul Disputes the kingliness of Cole.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-31 by Various
