Kingly vs. Royal — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Kingly and Royal
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Kingly
Having the status or rank of king.
Royal
Having the status of a king or queen or a member of their family
Contributors included members of the royal family
Kingly
Of, like, or befitting a king; majestic and regal.
Royal
A member of the royal family
The royals are coming under the TV microscope
Kingly
In a royal way; royally.
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Royal
Short for royal sail or royal mast
Kingly
(not comparable) Of or belonging to a king or kings; exercised by a king.
Royal
Short for royal stag
Kingly
Characteristic of kings, majestic, regal; as befits a king, in the manner of a king.
Royal
A paper size, 636 × 480 mm.
Kingly
In a royal manner.
Royal
A system of change-ringing using ten bells.
Kingly
Belonging to, suitable to, or becoming, a king; characteristic of, or resembling, a king; directed or administered by a king; monarchical; royal; sovereign; regal; august; noble; grand.
The kingliest kings are crowned with thorn.
Leave kingly backs to cope with kingly cares.
Royal
Of or relating to a monarch.
Kingly
In a kingly or kinglike manner.
Low bowed the rest; he, kingly, did but nod.
Royal
Of the rank of a monarch.
Kingly
Having the rank of or resembling or befitting a king;
Symbolizing kingly power
The murder of his kingly guest
Royal
Of, relating to, or in the service of a kingdom.
Royal
Issued or performed by a monarch
A royal warrant.
A royal visit.
Royal
Founded, chartered, or authorized by a monarch
A royal society of musicians.
Royal
Befitting royalty; stately
Royal treatment.
Royal
Superior, as in size or quality.
Royal
Used as an intensive
"It would be a first-class royal mess" (Sam Nunn).
Royal
(Informal) A member of a monarch's family
"Among the resort's distinguished visitors are Swedish and Spanish royals" (Alistair Scott).
Royal
(Nautical) A sail set on the royalmast.
Royal
A paper size, 20 by 25 inches for printing, 19 by 24 inches for writing.
Royal
Of or relating to a monarch or their family.
Royal
Having the air or demeanour of a monarch; illustrious; magnanimous; of more than common size or excellence.
Royal
(nautical) In large sailing ships, of a mast right above the topgallant mast and its sails.
Royal mast;
Royal sail
Royal
Free-for-all, especially involving multiple combatants.
Royal
(informal) Used as an intensifier.
A royal pain in the neck
Royal
A royal person; a member of a royal family.
Royal
A standard size of printing paper, measuring 25 by 20 inches.
Royal
(paper) A standard size of writing paper, measuring 24 by 19 inches.
Royal
(dated) The Australian decimal currency intended to replace the pound in 1966; was changed to "dollar" before it was actually circulated.
Royal
Any of various lycaenid butterflies.
Royal
The fourth tine of an antler's beam.
Royal
A stag with twelve points (six on each antler).
Royal
In large sailing ships, square sail over the topgallant sail.
Royal
An old English gold coin, the rial.
Royal
(military) A small mortar.
Royal
(card games) In auction bridge, a royal spade.
Royal
A tuft of beard on the lower lip.
Royal
(campanology) Bell changes rung on ten bells.
Royal
Kingly; pertaining to the crown or the sovereign; suitable for a king or queen; regal; as, royal power or prerogative; royal domains; the royal family; royal state.
Royal
Noble; generous; magnificent; princely.
How doth that royal merchant, good Antonio?
Royal
Under the patronage of royality; holding a charter granted by the sovereign; as, the Royal Academy of Arts; the Royal Society.
Royal
A small sail immediately above the topgallant sail.
Royal
One of the upper or distal branches of an antler, as the third and fourth tynes of the antlers of a stag.
Royal
A small mortar.
Royal
One of the soldiers of the first regiment of foot of the British army, formerly called the Royals, and supposed to be the oldest regular corps in Europe; - now called the Royal Scots.
Royal
An old English coin. See Rial.
Royal
A royal spade.
Royal
A sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast
Royal
Stag with antlers of 12 or more branches
Royal
Of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch;
The royal party
The royal crest
By royal decree
A royal visit
Royal
Established or chartered or authorized by royalty;
The Royal Society
Royal
Being of the rank of a monarch;
Of royal ancestry
Princes of the blood royal
Royal
Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler;
Golden age of imperial splendor
Purple tyrant
Regal attire
Treated with royal acclaim
The royal carriage of a stag's head
Royal
Invested with royal power as symbolized by a crown;
The royal (or crowned) heads of Europe
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