lordly

[Lord·ly]

Of or befitting a lord

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Suitable for a lord; of or pertaining to a lord; resembling a lord; hence, grand; noble; dignified; honorable.

Adjective S.
of or befitting a lord; "heir to a lordly fortune"; "of august lineage"

Adjective S.
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 swa

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.

Lordly

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.

Lordly sins require lordly estates to support them.

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

2. Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.

Lords are lordliest in their wine.

Syn. -- Imperious; haughty; overbearing; tyrannical; despotic; domineering; arrogant. See Imperious.

Lordly

Lord"ly, adv. In a lordly manner.

Suitable for a lord; of or pertaining to a lord; resembling a lord; hence, grand; noble; dignified; honorable.

In a lordly manner.

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Usage Examples

God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.

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