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• s  rich and superior in quality
  a princely sum
• s  having the rank of or befitting a prince
  a princely bearing
  princely manner

• The man who just a couple of years ago considered $125 per body a princely sum will likely make well in excess of $3 million in 2003.
• Instead, Hans-Adam, 57, pays for his princely upkeep and finances various state occasions out of his own very deep pockets.
• Like the Buddha, he once enjoyed a princely existence, but after losing an eye in a freak accident, he left his well-born wife and young child to travel as a virtual mendicant .

• deluxe
• gilded
• grand
• luxurious
• opulent
• sumptuous

News & Articles

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• ‘Matilda’ Movement, and More Broadway Choreography
  The choreography in this season’s Broadway shows ran the gamut from circus acrobatics, to princely magic and character-revealing leaps.
  June 7, 2013 - New York Times

Quotes

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• Francesco Rutelli in Globe and Mail
  This princely tomb is unique, and it marks the origin of Western painting,Culture Minister Francesco Rutelli said about the ancient art of burial painting.
• Winston Churchill in Telegraph.co.uk
  Lord Camrose, the then proprietor of The Daily Telegraph was outraged,says young Winston. "And he corralled 10 wealthy well-wishers and they each ponied up the princely sum of £5,000. So for £55,000 - which was a lot of money in those...
• Ruskin Bond in Indian Express
  My first advance was 50 pounds, the standard sum for book advances in those days. And it was a princely sum. I sailed back to India from England, soon after and freelanced from Dehradun for a few years while I was writing my books,says Bond.