The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lordly \Lord"ly\, a. [Compar. Lordlier; superl. Lordliest.]
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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.
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Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.
Lords are lordliest in their wine.
--Milton.Syn: Imperious; haughty; overbearing; tyrannical; despotic; domineering; arrogant. See Imperious.
Wiktionary
a. (en-superlativelordly) adv. (en-superlativelordly)
WordNet
adj. of or befitting a lord; "heir to a lordly fortune"; "of august lineage" [syn: august, grand]
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 [syn: disdainful, haughty, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering]
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Usage examples of "lordliest".
In annoyance he used the lordliest tone he could produce, even though he was already sure that there would be no getting rid of this lad that easily.
Lo, said she, seest thou yonder pavilion that is all of the colour of Inde, and all manner of thing that there is about, men and women, and horses trapped, shields and spears were all of the colour of Inde, and his name is Sir Persant of Inde, the most lordliest knight that ever thou lookedst on.