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–adjective 

1. of or pertaining to a king; royal: the regal power. 

2. befitting or resembling a king.

3. stately; splendid. 



Synonyms:

2. See kingly. 



Kingly, regal, royal refer to that which is closely associated with a king, or is suitable for one. 



What is kingly may either belong to a king, or be befitting, worthy of, or like a king: a kingly presence, appearance, graciousness. 



Regal is esp. applied to the office of kingship or the outward manifestations of grandeur and majesty: regal authority, bearing, splendor, munificence. 



munificent

–adjective 

1. extremely liberal in giving; very generous. 

2. characterized by great generosity: a munificent [bequest]. 



Royal is applied esp. to what pertains to or is associated with the person of a monarch: the royal family, word, robes, salute; a royal



–noun 

a portable reed (蘆葦) organ of the 16th and 17th centuries. 





　

Redgrave is magnificent. Not only does she become Mary physically (like Redgrave, Mary was tall, red-haired, and beautiful), she also becomes Mary psychologically (regal and domineering at one moment, frivolous and restive the next). 



Jackson is equally magnificent as Elizabeth, molding her screen persona into the attractive, politically clever, ambitious queen who could be as soft and warm, or as cold and ruthless, as her job demanded. To watch Redgrave and Jackson go for the throat is a jousting [match] of the first rank.





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It wouldn't be any great tragedy, if some of these people lost their class prerogatives.

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