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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. of or befitting a lord;
- Example: "heir to a lordly fortune"
- Example: "of august lineage"
[syn: august, grand, lordly]

2. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy;
- Example: "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"
- Example: "haughty aristocrats"
- Example: "his lordly manners were offensive"
- Example: "walked with a prideful swagger"
- Example: "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"
- Example: "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"
- Example: "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer
[syn: disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lordly \Lord"ly\, adv.
   In a lordly manner.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lordly \Lord"ly\, a. [Compar. Lordlier; superl. Lordliest.]
   [Lord + -ly. Cf. Lordlike.]
   1. Suitable for a lord; of or pertaining to a lord;
      resembling a lord; hence, grand; noble; dignified;
      honorable.
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            She brought forth butter in a lordly dish. --Judges
                                                  v. 25.
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            Lordly sins require lordly estates to support them.
                                                  --South.
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            The maidens gathered strength and grace
            And presence, lordlier than before.   --Tennyson.
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   2. Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.
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            Lords are lordliest in their wine.    --Milton.

   Syn: Imperious; haughty; overbearing; tyrannical; despotic;
        domineering; arrogant. See Imperious.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

lordly
    adj 1: of or befitting a lord; "heir to a lordly fortune"; "of
           august lineage" [syn: august, grand, lordly]
    2: 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 breaches of
       etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious
       air"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer [syn:
       disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly,
       overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious,
       swaggering]