reall

English

Noun

reall (comparative more reall, superlative most reall)

  1. Obsolete spelling of real
    • 1651, Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan:
      Your most worthy Brother Mr Sidney Godolphin, when he lived, was pleas'd to think my studies something, and otherwise to oblige me, as you know, with reall testimonies of his good opinion, great in themselves, and the greater for the worthinesse of his person.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French reel, from Late Latin reālis.

Adjective

reall

  1. Alternative form of real

Etymology 2

From Anglo-Norman reial, from Latin rēgālis.

Adjective

reall

  1. Alternative form of ryal
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