English
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[edit]Adverb
[edit]royally (comparative more royally, superlative most royally)
- In a royal manner; in a manner having to do with royalty.
- Unless it was decreed royally, it never got done.
- (colloquial, idiomatic) Excessively; thoroughly.
- 1991, Helen Mittermeyer, A Moment in Time, page 32:
- Bahira returned his stare, royally annoyed with herself for letting him affect her.
- 2025 August 2, Bryan Mena, “Did the Fed just royally screw up?”, in CNN Business[1], archived from the original on 20 August 2025:
- Still, it may be too soon to conclude that the Fed has royally screwed up.
Translations
[edit]in a royal manner
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