reall
English
editNoun
editreall (comparative more reall, superlative most reall)
- Obsolete spelling of real.
- 1651, Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan:
- Your most worthy Brother Mr Sidney Godolphin, when he lived, was pleas'd to think my studies something, and otherwise to oblige me, as you know, with reall testimonies of his good opinion, great in themselves, and the greater for the worthinesse of his person.
Middle English
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Old French reel, from Late Latin reālis.
Adjective
editreall
- Alternative form of real
Etymology 2
editFrom Anglo-Norman reial, from Latin rēgālis.
Adjective
editreall
- Alternative form of ryal
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