Middle English Dictionary Entry
kinglī adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | kinglī adv. |
| Etymology | From king n. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
In a manner appropriate to a king, royally, regally.
Associated quotations
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.3112 : Þe kyng..Sittyng ful kyngly amyd his chiualrie.
- a1456(1429) Lydg.Hen.VI Coron.Ballade (Trin-C R.3.20)139 : Be bounteuouse and kyngly honnourable.
- a1500 *Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)105/17 : And that þat is said kingly in cyvill guyding, it may be applied of comen counceyll and secrete, which ought not to dispraise the grosse vndirstonding of seruauntis nor the avise of the comensales of their householdis.