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
lordly (comparative lordlier or more lordly, superlative lordliest or most lordly)
Of or relating to a lord.
Having the qualities of a lord; lordlike; noble
Appropriate for, or suitable to, a lord; glorious.
Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.
lordly (comparative lordlier, superlative lordliest)
In the manner of a lord. Showing command or nobility.
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Source: Wiktionary
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
3 May 2025
(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
