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loyal
[loi-uhl]
adjective
faithful to one's sovereign, government, or state.
a loyal subject.
Synonyms: patrioticfaithful to one's oath, commitments, or obligations.
to be loyal to a vow.
faithful to any leader, party, or cause, or to any person or thing conceived as deserving fidelity.
a loyal friend.
characterized by or showing faithfulness to commitments, vows, allegiance, obligations, etc..
loyal conduct.
loyal
/ ˈlɔɪəl /
adjective
having or showing continuing allegiance
faithful to one's country, government, etc
of or expressing loyalty
Other Word Forms
- loyally adverb
- loyalness noun
- nonloyal adjective
- nonloyally adverb
- overloyal adjective
- overloyally adverb
- quasi-loyal adjective
- quasi-loyally adverb
- superloyal adjective
- superloyally adverb
- unloyal adjective
- unloyally adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of loyal1
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Example Sentences
Even with U.S. warships offshore, the strongman has prevailed in efforts to unseat him—purging, spying and paying off officers so the armed forces remain loyal.
A military loyal to its oath to uphold the law removed him.
She framed the split as a clash over priorities rather than personal animosity, asserting her independence while maintaining her loyal base of supporters who admire her combative style.
This was mainly subscription revenue, and the company is well known for having a loyal user base for software such as Photoshop, Illustrator and Premiere Pro.
Kennedy remains personally loyal to Makary and wants him to succeed, the people said, though they said the secretary had concerns about how the agency is being run.
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