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  • adjective superlative form of leal: most leal.

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Examples

  • But the murmur among the archers, the lealest part of the earl's retainers, continued, till there stepped forth their captain, a gray old man, but still sinewy and unbent, the iron relic of a hundred battles.

    The Last of the Barons — Volume 12 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • "My liege," said he, with becoming dignity and spirit, "if you can thus address your most tried confidant and your lealest friend, your most dangerous enemy is yourself."

    The Last of the Barons — Volume 07 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • "My liege," said he, with becoming dignity and spirit, "if you can thus address your most tried confidant and your lealest friend, your most dangerous enemy is yourself."

    The Last of the Barons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • But the murmur among the archers, the lealest part of the earl's retainers, continued, till there stepped forth their captain, a gray old man, but still sinewy and unbent, the iron relic of a hundred battles.

    The Last of the Barons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • Duke Street, Adelphi, where Countess Wachtmeister ” one of the lealest of H. P.B.'s friends ” was at work, and I signed an application to be admitted as fellow of the Theosophical Society.

    An Autobiography Besant, Annie 1893

  • "O bravest and lealest of friends, forgive thy wretched queen.

    The Last of the Barons — Volume 04 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • "O bravest and lealest of friends, forgive thy wretched queen.

    The Last of the Barons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

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