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Lordly Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Lordly? [adj] of or befitting a lord; "heir to a lordly fortune"; "of august lineage" [adj] having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"; "shaggy supercilious camels"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer Synonyms \| Synonyms for Lordly: august \| disdainful \| grand \| haughty \| noble \| prideful \| proud \| sniffy \| supercilious \| swaggering Related Terms \| Find terms related to Lordly: absolute \| absolutist \| absolutistic \| affected \| arbitrary \| aristocratic \| arrogant \| august \| authoritarian \| authoritative \| autocratic \| bossy \| cavalier \| courtly \| despotic \| dictatorial \| dignified \| disdainful \| domineering \| egotistic \| elitist \| feudal \| grand \| grandiose \| grave \| grinding \| haughty \| high and mighty \| high-and-mighty \| high-handed \| hubristic \| imperative \| imperial \| imperious \| imposing \| insolent \| kingly \| magisterial \| magistral \| magnificent \| majestic \| masterful \| monocratic \| noble \| oppressive \| overbearing \| overruling \| peremptory \| princely \| puffed \| queenly \| regal \| repressive \| royal \| sedate \| severe \| snobbish \| sober \| solemn \| stately \| statuesque \| strict \| supercilious \| superior \| suppressive \| swollen \| tyrannical \| tyrannous \| U \| venerable \| worthy See Also \| Lordly In Webster's Dictionary \Lord"ly\, a. [Compar. {Lordlier}; superl. {Lordliest}.] [Lord + -ly. Cf. {Lordlike}.] 1. Suitable for a lord; of or pertaining to a lord; resembling a lord; hence, grand; noble; dignified; honorable. She brought forth butter in a lordly dish. --Judges v. 25. Lordly sins require lordly estates to support them. --South. The maidens gathered strength and grace And presence, lordlier than before. --Tennyson. 2. Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent. Lords are lordliest in their wine. --Milton. Syn: Imperious; haughty; overbearing; tyrannical; despotic; domineering; arrogant. See {Imperious}. \Lord"ly\, adv. In a lordly manner.

Lordly Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Lordly?

[adj] of or befitting a lord; "heir to a lordly fortune"; "of august lineage"
[adj] having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"; "shaggy supercilious camels"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer

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Lordly In Webster's Dictionary

\Lord"ly\, a. [Compar. {Lordlier}; superl. {Lordliest}.]
[Lord + -ly. Cf. {Lordlike}.]
1. Suitable for a lord; of or pertaining to a lord;
   resembling a lord; hence, grand; noble; dignified;
   honorable.

         She brought forth butter in a lordly dish. --Judges
                                               v. 25.

         Lordly sins require lordly estates to support them.
                                               --South.

         The maidens gathered strength and grace And
         presence, lordlier than before.       --Tennyson.

2. Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.

         Lords are lordliest in their wine.    --Milton.

Syn: Imperious; haughty; overbearing; tyrannical; despotic;
     domineering; arrogant. See {Imperious}.


\Lord"ly\, adv.
In a lordly manner.

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