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loyal
What does loyal mean?
loyal (adjective): firm in allegiance to a person or institution; allegiant.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use loyal in a sentence?
- Loyal friends stood by him. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce loyal?
/ˈlɔɪəl/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does loyal come from?
Borrowed from Middle French loyal, from Old French loial, leial, leal, from Latin lēgālis.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “loyal” mean?
easily discovered, seen, or understood; self-explanatory
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liked by many people; generally pleasing, widely admired
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firm in allegiance to a person or institution; allegiant
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being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish
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