augustly

august +‎ -ly

augustly (comparative more augustly, superlative most augustly)

1. In an august or awe-inspiring manner.
   • 1791 (date written), Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, 1st American edition, Boston, Mass.: […] Peter Edes for Thomas and Andrews, […], published 1792, OCLC 5625662194:

     For surely, sir, you will not assert, that a duty can be binding which is not founded on reason? If, indeed, this be their destination, arguments may be drawn from reason; and thus augustly supported, the more understanding women acquire, the more they will be attached to their duty, comprehending it […]

   • 1880, Mark Twain, A Tramp Abroad, Chapter 49,

     St. Mark’s is perfect. To me it soon grew to be so nobly, so augustly ugly, that it was difficult to stay away from it, even for a little while.

   • 1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, Chapter 18,

     Deliberately, almost ‘augustly,’ the gowned and mortar-boarded figures followed one another through the great red turnstile and filed into the chamber beyond.

2. In a royal or regal manner.
   • 1925, Graham Martyr, Dai Nihon, page 189:

     On His Majesty's arrival, the wine was respectfully presented to him, when the Sovereign sang augustly, saying: ...

   • 1941, Alfred Kreymborg, Poetic Drama:

     But wait until the Honorable Ma Chun-shing arrives and you shall see that I am augustly disposed to consent to your marriage.

   • 2000, James Hoyt, Soaring Phoenixes and Prancing Dragons:

     He augustly began. Our First Ancestor At Kyǒnghŭng resided, And his royal work He augustly began.

   • 2010, W. Watson, The Poems Of William Watson, →ISBN, page 63:

     We have reigned Augustly; let our part be so sustained That Time, far hence, shall hold our memory dear !

   • 2014, Kurt Singer, The Life of Ancient Japan, →ISBN:

     The Heavenly Sovereign made a progress to the abode of I-suke-yori-hime, and augustly slept (there) one night.