See also: Royal Road

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Etymology edit

In reference to Euclid, who is said to have told a king that there was no royal road to geometry.

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royal road (plural royal roads)

  1. An easy or straightforward procedure for achieving a goal; a procedure that requires little effort.
    • 1942 May-June, T. F. Cameron, “An Outline of Railway Traffic Operation”, in Railway Magazine, page 138:
      There is no royal road to success in transport work.

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