Definitions

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  • adverb Not regally; in a manner not befitting a king.

Etymologies

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unregal +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • He shows his patient how to loosen his tongue by shaking his jowls — Mr. Rush ' s Shar-Pei features are perfectly suited to this exercise — by jumping up and down, rolling on the floor unregally, speaking his thoughts to the tune of " Swanee River " or firing off a fusillade of four-letter words that will have George Carlin grinning in his grave.

    ' Joe Morgenstern 2010

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