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MAJESTICALLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does majestically mean?
• MAJESTICALLY (adverb)
The adverb MAJESTICALLY has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: MAJESTICALLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a majestic manner
Context example:
flamingoes walk majestically through the marshes
Pertainym:
majestic (having or displaying great dignity or nobility)
Context examples
“We know where to lay our hands on this gentleman if he is wanted,” said the sergeant majestically, “but you’ll have to go, Mr. Holmes.”
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He read this passage as if it were from an Act of Parliament; and appeared majestically refreshed by the sound of the words.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Meantime, Mr. Brocklehurst, standing on the hearth with his hands behind his back, majestically surveyed the whole school.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
“Miss Spenlow, if you please,” said her father, majestically.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
I told him, as majestically as I could, that I wasn't in the humour for a fowl.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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