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loftily
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Loftily \Loft"i*ly\, adv. [From Lofty.] In a lofty manner or position; haughtily.
Wiktionary
adv. 1 In a lofty manner. 2 With affectation of grandness.
WordNet
adv. in a lofty manner; "she bore herself loftily"
Usage examples of "loftily".
But Giso loftily refrained from granting me audience until late the next day.
Yes, before the assembled spectators of his death -- all the obstructing walls have been broken down, and on the spacious and loftily mounting open staircases stand in a ring the great princes of the Empire -- before all these he has delivered his message.
From the very beginning, he should have loftily informed the Wards that sea captains never herded sheep.
Akhran gazed around him loftily, not at all disconcerted by this distinct lack of welcome.
Besides, she thought loftily, opera lovers were usually too refined to make some of the noises she was hearing.
Soul which is the primal source of light to the heavens is recognized as an Hypostasis standing distinct and aloof it must be admitted that Love too is distinct and aloof though not, perhaps, so loftily celestial a being as the Soul.
Once that Soul which is the primal source of light to the heavens is recognized as an Hypostasis standing distinct and aloof it must be admitted that Love too is distinct and aloof though not, perhaps, so loftily celestial a being as the Soul.
On drawing nearer, she distinguished these, by their dress, to be peasants, and perceived several cottages scattered round the edge of the woods, which waved loftily over this spot.
Or those red-curtained panes, Whence a tame cornet tenored it throatily Of beer-pots and spittoons and new long pipes, Might turn a caravansery's, wherein You found Noureddin Ali, loftily drunk, And that fair Persian, bathed in tears, You'd not have given away For all the diamonds in the Vale Perilous You had that dark and disleaved afternoon Escaped on a roc's claw, Disguised like Sindbad--but in Christmas beef!
Eliott said loftily to Collingswood, "does the ship meet with everyone's approval this time?
There was nothing here that he recognized, except for the smell of all, which he had come to associate with humans and especially with lorries (Torrit had told him loftily that all was a burning water that lorries drank, at which point Masklin knew the old nome had gone mad.