kingly
English
adj
Definitions
- (not comparable) Of or belonging to a king or kings; exercised by a king.
- Characteristic of kings, majestic, regal.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English kyngly inherited from Old English *cyninglīċ (royal, kingly) suffix from English king.
Origin
English
king
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- King's Daughters English
- Kingston English
- Kingstree English
- antiking English
- dragonking English
- foreking English
- ghostking English
- god-king English
- high king English
- kin English
- king English
- kingbird English
- kingbolt English
- kingcraft English
- kingcroaker English
- kingcup English
- kingdom English
- kingfish English
- kingfisher English
- kinghood English
- kingless English
- kinglet English
- kinglihood English
- kinglike English
- kingliness English
- kingling English
- kingmake English
- kingmaker English
- kingmaking English
- kingpin English
- kingric English
- kingship English
- kingslayer English
- kingsman English
- kingsnake English
- kingwood English
- make-king English
- merking English
- nonking English
- overking English
- priest-king English
- subking English
- underking English
- unking English
- unkingly English
- König German
- königlich German
- koning Dutch, Flemish
- koninklijk Dutch, Flemish
- kung Swedish
- kunglig Swedish
- キング Japanese
- *cyninglīċ Old English
- king Middle English
- kyngly Middle English
- คิง Thai
- King Cebuano
- coninclijc Middle Dutch
- 킹 Korean
- kiin̄ Marshallese
- king Tok Pisin
- K@Shoulder K@Abdomen American Sign Language
- kin
- king
- unking
- kingdom
- nonking
- kingcup
- kingric
- merking
- kingpin
- kinglet
- subking
- antiking
- kingbolt
- overking
- Kingston
- kingship
- foreking
- kinghood
- kingling
- kingbird
- kinglike
- kingwood
- kingmake
- kingsman
- unkingly
- kingfish
- god-king
- kingless
- ghostking
- kingcraft
- kingsnake
- Kingstree
- kingmaker
- make-king
- high king
- underking
- kingfisher
- kinglihood
- kingliness
- dragonking
- kingmaking
- kingslayer
- kingcroaker
- priest-king
- King's Daughters