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regal
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  • Jemmy lifted his chin to a regal height.  (source)
    regal = suitable for royalty
  • She missed her way of walking into a room, graceful and regal.†  (source)
  • Grace Windsor Wexler, her chin tilted in the regal pose of an heiress, gave him her full attention.†  (source)
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  • Griffins preened, delicate and regal, on the walls.†  (source)
  • Nearby a white heron posed regally on one leg, in the same tree where the boys had hung their shoes before swimming to the derelict boat.†  (source)
  • With no perceptible trace of the vainglorious about him, rather with the off-hand unaffectedness of natural regality, he seemed to accept the spontaneous homage of his shipmates.†  (source)
  • Another blush followed this unregal outburst, and he covered his indecorum as well as he could by adding— "It enrageth me that a man should be hanged upon such idle, hare-brained evidence!"†  (source)
    unregal = not suitable for royalty
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unregal means not and reverses the meaning of regal. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
  • Again, I found myself studying it: the varied faces, some smiling, some not, the gentle regalness of the elderly women, who were staring right into the camera.†  (source)
    regalness = the quality of being suitable for royalty
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
  • She has been called marvellous, thrilling, magnificent, regal, stately, majestic and superb.†  (source)
  • She wore a lovely gown of pearl gray silk, and her silvery hair swept regally away from her face, but there was something ugly about her, an angry set to her mouth, a coldness in her eyes.†  (source)
  • There was the love I had for the mute regality of tall, moss-clad oaks.†  (source)
  • He is a regal animal, pale cream in color, and he moves with great dignity.†  (source)
  • He walked regally and with great dignity, bowed low to the audience, breathing deeply in the glory of the spotlight, the cheers, and the thunderous applause just for him.†  (source)
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