lordly English

Meaning lordly meaning

What does lordly mean?

lordly

— adjective (= august) of or befitting a lord heir to a lordly fortune of august lineage

— adjective (= disdainful, haughty, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering) 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 lordly synonyms

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lordly English » English

haughty

grand

proud

overbearing

arrogant

supercilious

prideful

noble

imperious

disdainful

swaggering

sniffy

majestic

lofty

hoity-toity

august

aristocratic

valiant

surly

supercillious

superb

stately

sightly

self-important

seigniorial

regal

rarified

rarefied

portly

patrician

overweening

manorial

magnanimous

insolent

impressive

imposing

handsome

gratified

goodly

gentle

generous

domineering

dignified

considerable

bumptious

aristocratical