KINGLY (2)

King″ly, adv. In a kingly or kinglike manner. Shak. Low bowed the rest; he, kingly, did but nod. Pore. ☞ Although this citation, one from Paradise Lost, and one from Shakespeare's ll4th Sonnet are given by lexicographers as examples of adverbial use, it is by no means clear that the word is not an adjective in each instance.