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lordly
[ lawrd-lee ]
adjective
- suitable for a lord, as trappings or ceremonies; grand or magnificent.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- insolently imperious; haughty; arrogant; overbearing:
lordly contempt.
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- of or relating to a lord.
- having the character or attributes of a lord.
- befitting a lord, as actions:
lordly manners.
adverb
- Also ±ô´Ç°ù»ål¾±Â·±ô²â. in the manner of a lord.
lordly
/ ˈ±ôɔ˻å±ôɪ /
adjective
- haughty; arrogant; proud
- of or befitting a lord
adverb
- archaic.in the manner of a lord
Derived Forms
- ˈ±ô´Ç°ù»å±ô¾±²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±ô´Ç°ù»ål¾±Â·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Example Sentences
The surge ended in the World Series, the lordly Yankees winning in six games, but Mays was on his way and Durocher gave him full credit.
In 1876, after the city had found more profitable demand for the hilltop — lordly houses, and a beer garden — there came ghoulish warnings about “pestilence-spreading gasses which are given forth by decomposed and decomposing bodies.â€
From 1958 to 1961, sulking Giants and Dodgers fans had to put up with the lordly Yankees winning three pennants and two World Series.
There was one great tomb more lordly than all the rest; huge it was, and nobly proportioned.
Only a few senior Republicans have gone so far as to say that it is time for Mr. Trump to lose his lordly status in the party altogether.
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