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lordly Definition

lordly (-lē)

adjective -·lier, -·li·est

of, like, characteristic of, or suitable to a lord; specif.,

  1. noble; grand
  2. haughty; overbearing

Etymology: ME < OE hlafordlic

adverb -·lier, -·li·est

in the manner of a lord

lordly Related Forms
lord′·li·ness noun
lordly Synonyms

lordly

modif.

  1. Noble

    grand, dignified, honorable; see noble 1, 2, 3.

  2. Pompous

    overbearing, imperious, haughty; see egotistic 1, 2.

lordly Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • rank: Prelacy comes to rob us of these rights, by claiming absolute supremacy and lordly rank and power.
  • castle: Sussex can boast of many a lordly castle, and in its day Bodiam must have been very magnificent.
  • apartment: Above these were the main lordly apartments, which were reached by way of the stair in the north end of the courtyard.
  • master: Was it with him as with some lordly master, who depends for his comfort on his servants?
  • hall: Into the lordly hall, Wylan the monk had come silently, and with almost stealthy tread.
  • power: And we are not to wonder if its respectability cannot long withstand this gothic invasion of lordly power, and reckless or unprincipled patronage.
lordly Quotes

He asked for water, and she brought him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish. She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples. At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead. The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice,Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?

—Bible (Old Testament)