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Definition of Princeliest
1. princely [adj] - See also: princely
Lexicographical Neighbors of Princeliest
Literary usage of Princeliest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Imaginary Obligations by Frank Moore Colby (1904)
"... did the princeliest kind of things on credit. Talking along these respective
lines is not helpful. It is less the result of thought than of two sets of ..."
2. Our Next-door Neighbor: A Winter in Mexico by Gilbert Haven (1875)
"... and entirely naked children, all sitting on the bare ground in poverty and
degradation extreme, yet as courteous and kindly as the princeliest soul in ..."
3. Our Next-door Neighbor: A Winter in Mexico by Gilbert Haven (1875)
"... and entirely naked children, all sitting on the bare ground in poverty and
degradation extreme, yet as courteous and kindly as the princeliest soul in ..."
4. The Pocket Edition of the Works of George Meredith by George Meredith (1895)
"while she stood: — an image of her to dominate the princeliest of men! The princeliest
must have won his title to the place before he can ..."
5. The Odyssey by Homer (1905)
"This also in your mind I bid you keep: The suitors' princeliest now with purpose
deep Lay ambush for you in the strait that parts Ithaca off from Samos' ..."
6. Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc by Mark Twain (1896)
"... wrought upon the princeliest pattern, and set off with jewels ; but in that
she had to be disappointed, of course, Joan not being persuadable to it, ..."
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