royally

adverb

roy·​al·​ly ˈrȯi-ə-lē 

1

: by persons of royal rank or lineage

… a royally bred race horse …

—Peter Winants

… royally appointed secretaries …

—Chester G. Starr

Soon, high-caste canines were so much in demand that royally bred hounds from the kennels of the Czar of Russia and the Queen of England were sent to Westminster and offered to the title-dazzled American public …

—Wendy Insinger

2

: to a standard befitting royalty : extremely well and luxuriously

Throughout my two-day visit at each institution I was treated royally, almost as though I were a font of wisdom bubbling forth vintage champagne.

—Vincent G. Dethier

"Here they are, queens all three, I think. You'll be waited on royally. Now let's go see the paradise I promised you."

—Heather Albano

Come in, and let us banquet royally …

—William Shakespeare

3

informal : to a high degree

—used as an intensive

… screws things up royally …

—Daniel Menaker

… their apartments have been royally trashed.

—Lee Child

He hadn't intended to make a speech. And it wasn't even what he had planned to say to them. He had gotten royally sidetracked.

—Maggie Davis

It doesn't take long to learn that a lie always unravels and that it always ends up making you feel royally cruddy.

—Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Examples of royally in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Their opulent investment in wages for Lorenzo Insigne has royally backfired, costing Bill Manning his job last summer and digging the Reds into a deep pit of despair for the past couple of years. —Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025

The opulence of the Rococo style lends itself royally to events, parties, and weddings—and people are already embracing the trend. —Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Feb. 2025

According to a former Facebook fact-checker, a flood of misinformation is sure to abound … DOG-AND-PONY SHOW Now that Prince Harry’s foray into television has royally flopped, Meghan Markle is stepping into the ring with a streaming series of her own. —airmail.news, 11 Jan. 2025

Also, realizing who Teen actually is has royally pissed her off. —Caroline Framke, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for royally

• loyally