lordly

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

of or befitting a lord“heir to a lordly fortune”“of august lineage”Synonyms: august grand
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”Synonyms: disdainful haughty imperious overbearing prideful sniffy supercilious swaggering

Lordly \Lord"ly\, adv. In a lordly manner. [1913 Webster]

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]