princely
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They had assiduously saved the cash that came in from gifts and summer jobs, and it had compounded over time to reach a princely sum.
From MarketWatch ● May 5, 2026
India no longer has royals and Awadh, once a princely state ruled by semi-autonomous Muslim nawabs, now exists only as a historical region in central Uttar Pradesh.
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2026
He will then visit the princely palace, the official residence of the Grimaldi dynasty since the 13th century, for a private meeting with Prince Albert.
From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026
Some tried to keep it alive in the Indian princely state of Hyderabad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 2026
"Lay down the whip," he commanded with a princely air.
From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman
For one fleeting night a princelier nature captures us, and we become as great as our aspirations.
From The World I Live In by Helen Keller
Further to add to the complexity, he loved his liberty; he was princelier free; he had more subjects, more slaves; he ruled arrogantly in the world of women; he was more himself.
From The Egoist by George Meredith
Nay, if we compare Pope to some of the later writers who have wrung still princelier rewards from fortune, the result is not unfavourable.
From Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) by Sir Leslie Stephen
Beverly, boy!—on his white steed, I ween, A princelier presence has never been seen; And as yonder he lies, from the groups all apart, I bow to him loyally,—bow with my heart.
From Beechenbrook A Rhyme of the War by Margaret J. Preston
But I am of a greater and princelier house than the Sons of the Cat.
From Salute to Adventurers by John Buchan
He was at his princeliest estate—never would he be handsomer.
From Rose of Dutcher's Coolly by Hamlin Garland
What are the princeliest of them beside the fiery halls of Tir-na-noge and the flame-built cities of the Gods?
From AE in the Irish Theosophist by George William Russell
And yet, in this princeliest of cities so to be selected by the noblest citizens as worthy of highest privilege, argues, methinks conclusively, an excellence forerunning exercise of rule.
From Agesilaus by Henry Graham Dakyns
Harkness, true to his boast, had found quite the straightest, princeliest balsam in the nearby woods.
From Red-Robin by Harriet Roosevelt Richards
Madam," said the professor, with his princeliest smile, "the true Art cannot fail.
From Strictly business: more stories of the four million by O. Henry
