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Royal Road

Definition: Royal Road

Royal Road

Noun

1. 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.
 


Synonyms within Context: Royal Road

ContextSynonyms 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.

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Crosswords: Royal Road

Specialty definitions using "royal road": Royal Road to Learning. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Royal Road

DomainTitle

Books

  • Royal Road to Fotheringay (reference)

  • The Royal Road to Abundant Living: Daily Guides to Greater Health, Happiness, and Prosperity (reference)

  • The royal road to health : or, the secret of health without drugs (reference)

  • The Royal Road to Romance (Travelers' Tales Classic Series) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Royal Road

AuthorQuotation

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.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Royal Road

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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.

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Expression: Royal Road

Expression using "royal road": royal road to. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Royal Road

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Royal Road

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

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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