'Lordliness' definitions:
Definition of 'lordliness'
From: WordNet
noun
Formality in bearing and appearance; "he behaved with great dignity" [syn: dignity, lordliness, gravitas]
noun
Overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors [syn: arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, high- handedness, lordliness]
Definition of 'Lordliness'
From: GCIDE
- Lordliness \Lord"li*ness\, n. [From Lordly.] The state or quality of being lordly. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'lordliness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arbitrariness,
- augustness,
- authoritarianism,
- authoritativeness,
- autocraticalness,
- bossism,
- courtliness,
- dignifiedness,
- dignity,
- domineering,
- domineeringness,
- elitism,
- grandeur,
- gravity,
- high-and-mightiness,
- imperativeness,
- imperiousness,
- kingliness,
- loftiness,
- magisterialness,
- magistrality,
- majesty,
- masterfulness,
- nobility,
- overbearance,
- overbearing,
- overbearingness,
- peremptoriness,
- pride of bearing,
- pride of place,
- princeliness,
- proud bearing,
- regality,
- sedateness,
- sobriety,
- solemnity,
- stateliness,
- tyrannicalness,
- venerability,
- worthiness