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lordly::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | disdainful, haughty, imperious, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering |
| Derivation | lordliness |
his lordly manners were offensive.
Examples of lordly
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Fish ponds were a luxury of the lordly elite, and many were found next to castles.
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It is likely that the castle evolved from the practice of fortifying a lordly home.
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It all adds up to a kind of lordly presumption, a glorious hog of the road.
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Suddenly two giraffe walked by, viewing the scene with what appeared to be lordly disdain.
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Jones speaks of himself with loud, lordly assurance in the third person.
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There are the lordly males who do everything except side-straddle hops.
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It fell to Strong Hands son, also William, to created a lordly residence.
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Sen. John Kerry hurried by, but stopped himself long enough to bestow upon Snowe a lordly embrace.
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His teacher was none other than Sir Christopher Wren, the lordly giant of English architecture.
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- August: of or befitting a lord; "heir to a lordly fortune"; "of august lineage"
- Disdainful: 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 ...
- (lordliness) dignity: formality in bearing and appearance; "he behaved with great dignity"
- (lordliness) arrogance: overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
- Appropriate for, or suitable to, a lord; In the manner of a lord. Showing command or nobility
