loftier

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Lofty \Loft"y\, a. [Compar. Loftier; superl. Loftiest.] [From Loft.]

1.Lifted high up; having great height; towering; high. [1913 Webster]

See lofty Lebanon his head advance.— Pope.[1913 Webster]

2.Fig.: Elevated in character, rank, dignity, spirit, bearing, language, etc.; exalted; noble; stately; characterized by pride; haughty. [1913 Webster]

The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity.— Is. lvii. 15.[1913 Webster]

Lofty and sour to them that loved him not.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme.— Milton.

Syn: Tall; high; exalted; dignified; stately; majestic; sublime; proud; haughty. See Tall. [1913 Webster]