slovo | definícia |
loyal (mass) | loyal
- verný |
loyal (encz) | loyal,loajální adj: Zdeněk Brož |
loyal (encz) | loyal,oddaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
loyal (encz) | loyal,věrný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Loyal (gcide) | Loyal \Loy"al\, a. [F. loyal, OF. loial, leial, L. legalis, fr.
lex, legis, law. See Legal, and cf. Leal.]
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1. Faithful to law; upholding the lawful authority; faithful
and true to the lawful government; faithful to the prince
or sovereign to whom one is subject; unswerving in
allegiance.
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Welcome, sir John ! But why come you in arms ?
To help King Edward in his time of storm,
As every loyal subject ought to do. --Shak.
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2. True to any person or persons to whom one owes fidelity,
especially as a wife to her husband, lovers to each other,
and friend to friend; constant; faithful to a cause or a
principle.
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Your true and loyal wife. --Shak.
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Unhappy both, but loyaltheir loves. --Dryden.
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loyal (wn) | loyal
adj 1: steadfast in allegiance or duty; "loyal subjects"; "loyal
friends stood by him" [ant: disloyal]
2: inspired by love for your country [syn: patriotic, loyal]
[ant: disloyal, unpatriotic]
3: unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause; "a firm
ally"; "loyal supporters"; "the true-hearted soldier...of
Tippecanoe"- Campaign song for William Henry Harrison; "fast
friends" [syn: firm, loyal, truehearted, fast(a)] |
LOYAL (bouvier) | LOYAL. Legal; according to law; as, loyal matrimony, a lawful marriage;
attached to the existing law.
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loyalty (mass) | loyalty
- vernosť |
disloyal (encz) | disloyal,neloajální adj: Zdeněk Broždisloyal,nevěrný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
disloyally (encz) | disloyally, |
disloyalty (encz) | disloyalty,neloajálnost n: Zdeněk Broždisloyalty,zrada n: Zdeněk Brož |
loyalism (encz) | loyalism,loajalismus n: Zdeněk Brožloyalism,loajalizmus n: Zdeněk Brož |
loyalist (encz) | loyalist,loajalista n: Zdeněk Brož |
loyally (encz) | loyally,oddaně adv: Zdeněk Brožloyally,věrně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
loyalties (encz) | loyalties,věrnosti n: Zdeněk Brož |
loyalty (encz) | loyalty,loajalita n: Zdeněk Brožloyalty,oddanost n: Zdeněk Brožloyalty,věrnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Disloyal (gcide) | Disloyal \Dis*loy"al\, a. [Pref. dis- + loyal: cf. OF. desloial,
desleal, F. d['e]loyal. See Loyal.]
Not loyal; not true to a sovereign or lawful superior, or to
the government under which one lives; false where allegiance
is due; faithless; as, a subject disloyal to the king; a
husband disloyal to his wife.
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Without a thought disloyal. --Mrs.
Browning.
Syn: Disobedient; faithless; untrue; treacherous; perfidious;
dishonest; inconstant; disaffected.
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Disloyally (gcide) | Disloyally \Dis*loy"al*ly\, adv.
In a disloyal manner.
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Disloyalty (gcide) | Disloyalty \Dis*loy"al*ty\, n. [Pref. dis- + loyalty: cf. OF.
desloiaut['e], deslealt['e], F. d['e]loyaut['e].]
Want of loyalty; lack of fidelity; violation of allegiance.
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Loyal (gcide) | Loyal \Loy"al\, a. [F. loyal, OF. loial, leial, L. legalis, fr.
lex, legis, law. See Legal, and cf. Leal.]
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1. Faithful to law; upholding the lawful authority; faithful
and true to the lawful government; faithful to the prince
or sovereign to whom one is subject; unswerving in
allegiance.
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Welcome, sir John ! But why come you in arms ?
To help King Edward in his time of storm,
As every loyal subject ought to do. --Shak.
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2. True to any person or persons to whom one owes fidelity,
especially as a wife to her husband, lovers to each other,
and friend to friend; constant; faithful to a cause or a
principle.
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Your true and loyal wife. --Shak.
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Unhappy both, but loyaltheir loves. --Dryden.
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Loyalist (gcide) | Loyalist \Loy"al*ist\, n.
A person who adheres to his sovereign or to the lawful
authority; especially, one who maintains his allegiance to
his prince or government, and defends his cause in times of
revolt or revolution.
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Loyally (gcide) | Loyally \Loy"al*ly\, adv.
In a loyal manner; faithfully.
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Loyalness (gcide) | Loyalness \Loy"al*ness\, n.
Loyalty. [R.] --Stow.
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Loyalty (gcide) | Loyalty \Loy"al*ty\, n. [Cf. F. loyaut['e]. See Loyal, and cf.
Legality.]
The state or quality of being loyal; fidelity to a superior,
or to duty, love, etc.
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He had such loyalty to the king as the law required.
--Clarendon.
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Not withstanding all the subtle bait
With which those Amazons his love still craved,
To his one love his loyalty he saved. --Spenser.
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Note: "Loyalty . . . expresses, properly, that fidelity which
one owes according to law, and does not necessarily
include that attachment to the royal person, which,
happily, we in England have been able further to throw
into the word." --Trench.
Syn: Allegiance; fealty. See Allegiance.
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disloyal (wn) | disloyal
adj 1: showing lack of love for your country [syn:
unpatriotic, disloyal] [ant: loyal, patriotic]
2: deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or
principle; "disloyal aides revealed his indiscretions to the
papers" [ant: loyal] |
disloyally (wn) | disloyally
adv 1: without loyalty; in a disloyal manner; "his men acted
disloyally and betrayed him in the end" [ant: loyally] |
disloyalty (wn) | disloyalty
n 1: the quality of being disloyal [ant: loyalty, trueness] |
loyalist (wn) | loyalist
n 1: a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in
times of revolt) [syn: loyalist, stalwart] |
loyalist volunteer force (wn) | Loyalist Volunteer Force
n 1: a terrorist group formed in 1996 in Northern Ireland; seeks
to prevent the peace process; murders Catholics and any
Protestant leaders who favor peace |
loyally (wn) | loyally
adv 1: with loyalty; in a loyal manner; "government will not be
efficient unless the people as a whole accept leadership
loyally and enthusiastically" [ant: disloyally] |
loyalty (wn) | loyalty
n 1: the quality of being loyal [syn: loyalty, trueness]
[ant: disloyalty]
2: feelings of allegiance
3: the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally)
to a course of action; "his long commitment to public
service"; "they felt no loyalty to a losing team" [syn:
commitment, allegiance, loyalty, dedication] |
LOYAL (bouvier) | LOYAL. Legal; according to law; as, loyal matrimony, a lawful marriage;
attached to the existing law.
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LOYALTY (bouvier) | LOYALTY. That which adheres to the law, that which sustains an existing
government. See Penal Laws of China, 3.
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