lordlier

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

She brought forth butter in a lordly dish.— Judges v. 25.[1913 Webster]

Lordly sins require lordly estates to support them.— South.[1913 Webster]

The maidens gathered strength and grace And presence, lordlier than before.— Tennyson.[1913 Webster]

2.Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent. [1913 Webster]

Lords are lordliest in their wine.— Milton.

Syn: Imperious; haughty; overbearing; tyrannical; despotic; domineering; arrogant. See Imperious. [1913 Webster]