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# princely

«princely» in Mova's school dictionary: **Like a prince; fit for a prince, grand and fine** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (princely, more princely)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Like a prince; fit for a prince, grand and fine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/princely/#m1)

2) Very large or generous: a princely sum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/princely/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, the fine clothes, halls and gifts of a prince; in everyday talk, a large amount of money called princely

### examples

- Ivan put on his princely robes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/princely/#x1)
- The king gave a princely feast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/princely/#x2)
- She was paid a princely sum for her work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/princely/#x3)

### note

a princely sum is a big amount, not an exact number, so it is no exact count in a problem; do not use it as a precise figure.

### In the corpora

- [Before I was aware, my soul set me upon the chariots of my princely people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/SNG.100/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «princely» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/princely/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.