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loyal

[loi-uhl]

adjective

  1. faithful to one's sovereign, government, or state.

    a loyal subject.

    Synonyms: patriotic
  2. faithful to one's oath, commitments, or obligations.

    to be loyal to a vow.

  3. faithful to any leader, party, or cause, or to any person or thing conceived as deserving fidelity.

    a loyal friend.

  4. characterized by or showing faithfulness to commitments, vows, allegiance, obligations, etc..

    loyal conduct.



loyal

/ ˈlɔɪəl /

adjective

  1. having or showing continuing allegiance

  2. faithful to one's country, government, etc

  3. of or expressing loyalty

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • loyally adverb
  • loyalness noun
  • nonloyal adjective
  • nonloyally adverb
  • overloyal adjective
  • overloyally adverb
  • quasi-loyal adjective
  • quasi-loyally adverb
  • superloyal adjective
  • superloyally adverb
  • unloyal adjective
  • unloyally adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of loyal1

First recorded in 1525–35; from Middle French, Old French loial, lei(a)l, from Latin lēgālis legal
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Word History and Origins

Origin of loyal1

C16: from Old French loial, leial, from Latin lēgālis legal
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Example Sentences

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Anna Bates has always been one of Downton Abbey’s most loyal servants and a thoughtful friend to Lady Mary.

They can leave the tourism to their legion of loyal supporters who are fortunately more than happy to oblige.

From BBC

Erewhon has a loyal following in the Los Angeles area, where the company operates 11 locations and plans to open three more in West Hollywood, Glendale and Thousand Oaks.

"Matchday income generates a small proportion of a club's income, the vast majority comes from media revenues, so squeezing loyal fans further raises little extra money," he said.

From BBC

It sounds fantastic, and it’s so loyal to every jaunty warble that audiences might not notice.

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