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princely

adjective as in royal

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Two years later, Money traveled to Japan to collect another princely payday for knocking out kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa in 139 seconds.

Nor do they fall instantly in love with anything princely in tights.

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In the Jockey ad, half of Jim Palmer's princely, brooding face is fully lighted, the other half is masked in shadow.

And while it is an improvement over $12 an hour, $15 an hour is hardly a princely sum.

He is, however, a man of large and liberal views and bestows his favors with a princely hand.

But Napoleon knew his man and his price: a Marshal's bton and a princely income did much to control his Jacobin proclivities.

The Duke d'Arenberg has a picture-gallery worthy of his princely house.

Dr. Sprenger, as director of the college, occupies a truly princely dwelling in it.

The custom is to adopt and educate the child in a princely manner as the future successor to the throne.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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