Lordly meaning

lôrd'lē
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a lord.
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Very dignified and noble.

A lordly and charitable enterprise.

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Pretentiously arrogant and overbearing.
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In a dignified, noble fashion befitting or characteristic of a lord.
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In a pretentiously arrogant and overbearing manner.
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Of, like, characteristic of, or suitable to a lord.
  • Noble; grand.
  • Haughty; overbearing.
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In the manner of a lord.
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Appropriate for, or suitable to, a lord.
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Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.
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In the manner of a lord. Showing command or nobility.
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Lordly Sentence Examples

  • lordly rank and power.

  • Unfortunately, Descartes is too lordly a philosopher to explain distinctly what either understanding or will may mean.

  • lordly master, who depends for his comfort on his servants?

  • Such lordly pomp is not for me, Far other scenes my eyes must see: yet deign to list my harping.

  • lordly castle, and in its day Bodiam must have been very magnificent.

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