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Keep "princely" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
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20 total sentences available.
"Now learn, how best to compass my design. / To Tyrian Carthage hastes the princely boy, / prompt at the summons of his sire divine, / my prime solicitude, my chiefest joy, / fraught with brave store of gifts, saved from the flames of Troy."
Source: tatoeba (6798671)
"And while in plenitude of power he went, / and high in princely counsels waxed his fame, / I too could boast of credit and a noble name."
Source: tatoeba (6808964)
The Holy Roman Empire was a confederation of princely states in Germany.
Source: tatoeba (11305346)
We had our landlord's company at supper, and had learned from him that the most eminent of American financiers, who shall not otherwise be identified here, was in the habit, when coming to Leghorn, of letting him know that he was bringing a party of friends, and commanding of him a banquet such as he alone knew how to furnish a millionaire of that princely quality.
Source: tatoeba (12054951)
Showing 4 of 20 available sentences.
Closest matches include ample, ample, aristocratic, august, awe inspiring.
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