1.
[syn: deluxe, gilded, grand, luxurious, opulent, princely, sumptuous]
2. having the rank of or befitting a prince;
- Example: "a princely bearing"
- Example: "princely manner"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Princely \Prince"ly\, a.
1. Of or relating to a prince; regal; royal; of highest rank
or authority; as, princely birth, character, fortune, etc.
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2. Suitable for, or becoming to, a prince; grand; august;
munificent; magnificent; as, princely virtues; a princely
fortune. "Most princely gifts." --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Princely \Prince"ly\, adv.
In a princely manner.
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My appetite was not princely got. --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
princely
adj 1: rich and superior in quality; "a princely sum"; "gilded
dining rooms" [syn: deluxe, gilded, grand,
luxurious, opulent, princely, sumptuous]
2: having the rank of or befitting a prince; "a princely
bearing"; "princely manner"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
124 Moby Thesaurus words for "princely":
Babylonian, Corinthian, ample, aristocratic, august, awe-inspiring,
awful, barbaric, baronial, big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful,
chivalrous, courtly, deluxe, dignified, ducal, dynastic, elaborate,
elegant, elevated, enormous, exalted, extravagant, fancy, fine,
free, freehanded, freehearted, generous, genteel, gentle,
gentlemanlike, gentlemanly, giving, glorious, gracious, grand,
grandiose, grave, great, great of heart, greathearted, handsome,
heroic, high, high-minded, hospitable, huge, idealistic,
imperatorial, imperatorious, imperial, imperious, imposing,
impressive, kinglike, kingly, knightly, ladylike, large,
largehearted, lavish, liberal, lofty, lordly, luxurious,
magisterial, magnanimous, magnificent, majestic, monarchal,
monarchial, monarchic, munificent, noble, noble-minded,
of gentle blood, of rank, open, openhanded, openhearted, palatial,
patrician, plush, posh, princelike, profuse, proud, purple,
queenlike, queenly, quite the lady, regal, ritzy, royal, sedate,
sober, solemn, sovereign, splendacious, splendid, splendiferous,
stately, statuesque, stintless, sublime, substantial, sumptuous,
superb, superfancy, superfine, swank, swanky, swell, titled,
ungrudging, unselfish, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting, venerable,
worthy