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say it: LOY-uhl
loyal is an adjective meaning "steadfast in allegiance or duty". It carries 3 recorded senses.
inspired by love for your country
unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause
“a firm ally”
“loyal supporters”
“the true-hearted soldier...of Tippecanoe”
“fast friends”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for loyal come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.