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kinglike, a. and adv.|ˈkɪŋlaɪk|
[f. king n. + -like.]
A. adj. Resembling a king; characteristic of, or befitting, a king; kingly; regal.
1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. iv. xix. (1634) 726 marg., Rasure of the crowne [is] ministred in token of spiritual Kinglike dignitie. 1636Massinger Bashf. Lover iii. iii, 'Tis truly noble, having power to punish,—Nay, kinglike—to forbear it. 1661Gauden in Birch Milton's Wks. (1738) I. 67 What was done like a King, should have a Kinglike Retribution.
B. adv. Like, or in a manner befitting, a king.
1884Tennyson Becket iv. ii, He..kinglike fought the proud archbishop—kinglike Defied the Pope. |