adjective [usuallybeforenoun]
1 (usually ironic) if you say that an amount of money is princely, you are usually saying the opposite and that it is not very large:
I bought a bike for the princely sum of ｣20!
2 (old-fashioned, formal) very grand; generous:
princely buildings * a princely gift
3 connected with a prince; like a prince:
a man of princely appearance
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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