Lordly
['lɔːdlɪ] or ['lɔrdli]
Definition
(superl.) Suitable for a lord; of or pertaining to a lord; resembling a lord; hence, grand; noble; dignified; honorable.
(superl.) Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.
(adv.) In a lordly manner.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Dignified, majestic.[2]. Proud, haughty, domineering, imperious, overbearing.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Lofty, magnificent, majestic, noble, proud, imperious
ANT:Mean, beggarly, ignoble, unimposing, humble, servile, lowly
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Examples
- His soul was filled with her burning recognition, he seemed to grow more uppish and lordly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Besides, the title Demarch only meant Mayor, and was hardly lordly enough for such a magnificent person as he intended to be. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- He asked for water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Genoa and her rival, Venice, were the great trading seaports of this time; their noble palaces, their lordly paintings, still win our admiration. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The young cat trotted lordly down the path, waving his tail. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- A fresh breeze blew from the shore, and the lordly boat ploughed her way right gallantly onward. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Yet could England indeed doff her lordly trappings, and be content with the democratic style of America? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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