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lofty (lôftē, läf-)

adjective lofti·er, lofti·est

  1. very high a lofty peak in the Alps
  2. elevated; noble; sublime
  3. haughty; arrogant

lofty Related Forms
lofti·ly adverb lofti·ness noun
lofty Synonyms

lofty

modif.

  1. High

    tall, elevated, towering; see high 2, raised 1.

  2. Idealistic

    exalted, enhanced, heightened; see grand 2.

lofty Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • eminence: The parish church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, stands on a lofty eminence.
  • perch: For Wales or Ireland or Scotland to beat the English they have to drag them down off their lofty perch.
  • spire: Perhaps the worst result of the storm locally was the destruction of the lofty spire of Foxearth parish church.
  • disdain: To my surprise, Deirdre's smile was no longer one of lofty disdain.
  • ambition: The preamble to the UN charter sets out the lofty ambition, " to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war " .
  • fell: It is a small edifice, surrounded by lofty fells and mountains.

Modifying Another Word

  • however: However lofty the motive, routine intrusion is not for your own good.
  • rather: That sounds rather lofty work, does it not?
  • too: Nothing should be too strange or too remote, nothing too lofty or too low, to be included in its scope; .
  • very: The road led in a south-eastern direction gradually upward to very lofty regions.
  • so: Whether I achieve so lofty an ideal or not, I share the dream of fellow researchers.
  • not: If the support be not lofty, the shoot falls to the ground, and resting there, the extremity rises up.

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