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
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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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