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adjective

Lordly adj. (compar. lordlier; superl. lordliest)

Suitable for a lord; of or pertaining to a lord; resembling a lord; hence, grand; noble; dignified; honorable. "She brought forth butter in a lordly dish." "Lordly sins require lordly estates to support them." "The maidens gathered strength and grace And presence, lordlier than before."

Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent. "Lords are lordliest in their wine."

Synonyms: Imperious; haughty; overbearing; tyrannical; despotic; domineering; arrogant. See Imperious.

adverb

Lordly adv. In a lordly manner.

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Etymology of 'Lordly'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... sea. The great barren lands of Canada, from Hudson Bay north of Chesterfield Inlet away to the west, carry tens of thousands of wild caribou. Mr. J.B. Tyrrell's photographs show armies of them advancing; the stags with their lordly horns are seen passing close to the camera in serried ranks that seem to ...

— A Labrador Doctor - The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell • Wilfred Thomason Grenfell

... pre-appointed in the process—a fact which gives the highest sanction to the constitution in question and establishes its absolute necessity. The origin of a State involves imperious lordship on the one hand, instinctive submission on the other. But even obedience—lordly power, and the fear inspired by a ruler—in itself implies some degree of voluntary connection. Even in barbarous states this is the case; it is not the isolated will of individuals that prevails; individual pretensions are relinquished, and the general will is the ...

— The German Classics of The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Vol. VII. • Various

... exist adverse and strong opinions," answered Master Handscombe. "A Roman in power and a Roman out of power are two very different species of animals. The one rules it like the lordly lion, and strikes down with his powerful paw all opponents; the other creeps forward gently and noiselessly like the cat,—not the less resolved, however, to ...

— Roger Willoughby - A Story of the Times of Benbow • William H. G. Kingston

... earnest in keeping those "innocent blacknesses" aloof, as the haughtiest Southerner. On the present occasion there was no such distinction of races. I do not think the contraband was conscious of the effect produced by his lordly presence; it was probably simple accident which brought him so often in my neighborhood; but, wherever I moved through the crowded cars, seeking for a seat, the loose shambling limbs and dull vacant eyes seemed impelled to follow. At ...

— Border and Bastille • George A. Lawrence

... she knew that was his favorite color, and Compton was a millionaire's son, and that almost laid him open to the charge of betting on a sure thing. But white was her choice, and Gaines held up his head with twenty-five's lordly air. ...

— The Trimmed Lamp • O. Henry

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