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Definition: Royal Road |
Royal RoadNoun1. An auspicious way or means to achieve something: "the royal road to success". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Facility | Smooth water, fair wind; smooth royal road; clear coast, clear stage; tabula rasa; full play; (freedom). |
Method | Roadway, pathway, stairway; express; thoroughfare; highway; turnpike, freeway, royal road, coach road; broad highway, King's highway, Queen's highway; beaten track, beaten path; horse road, bridle road, bridle track, bridle path; walk, trottoir, footpath, pavement, flags, sidewalk; crossroad, byroad, bypath, byway; cut; short cut; (mid-course); carrefour; private road, occupation road; highways and byways; railroad, railway, tram road, tramway; towpath; causeway; canal; (conduit); street; (abode); speedway. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Royal Road |
| Specialty definitions using "royal road": Royal Road to Learning. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Euclid | [To Ptolemy I] There is no royal road to geometry. |
Wendell Phillips | Health lies in labor, and there is no royal road to it but through toil. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Panama | The route became known as the Camino Real, or Royal Road, although was more commonly known as Camino de Cruces (Road of the Crosses) because of the frequency of gravesites along the way. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expression using "royal road": royal road to. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "royal road"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Bulgarian | лесен път към (royal road to). (various references) | ||||
Hungarian | romantikusan kalandos élet (royal road to romance), romantikusan boldog élet (royal road to romance), nincs sima út vmihez (there is no royal road to sg). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | oyalray oadray | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-l-o-o-r-r-y" | |
-3 letters: arroyo. | |
-4 letters: alary, ardor, array, dolor, dooly, drool, lardy, lorry, lyard, radar, royal. | |
-5 letters: alar, aryl, door, dorr, dory, dray, lady, lard, load, lord, lory, odor, odyl, oldy, orad, oral, ordo, orra, raya, road, roar, rood, yald, yard. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Familiar | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Expressions 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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