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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: lordlier
lordly
adj 1: of or befitting a lord;
“heir to a lordly fortune”;
“of
august lineage” [syn:
august,
grand]
2: 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]
[also:
lordliest,
lordlier]
lordlier
See
lordly
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Lordlier
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.
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She brought forth butter in a lordly dish. --Judges
v. 25.
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Lordly sins require lordly estates to support them.
--South.
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The maidens gathered strength and grace
And presence, lordlier than before. --Tennyson.
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2. Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.
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Lords are lordliest in their wine. --Milton.
Syn: Imperious; haughty; overbearing; tyrannical; despotic;
domineering; arrogant. See
Imperious.
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