LORDLIER

LORDLY

august, grand, lordly

(adjective) of or befitting a lord; “heir to a lordly fortune”; “of august lineage”

disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering

(adjective) 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”; “a more swaggering mood than usual”- W.L.Shirer

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

lordlier

comparative form of lordly

Adverb

lordlier

comparative form of lordly

Source: Wiktionary


LORDLY

Lord"ly, a. [Compar. Lordlier; superl. Lordliest.] Etym: [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.

Definition: In a lordly manner.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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