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ROYAL ROAD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does royal road mean?
• ROYAL ROAD (noun)
The noun ROYAL ROAD has 1 sense:
1. an auspicious way or means to achieve something
Familiarity information: ROYAL ROAD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An auspicious way or means to achieve something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
the royal road to success
Hypernyms ("royal road" is a kind of...):
road (a way or means to achieve something)
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