'Lordly' definitions:
Definition of 'lordly'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or befitting a lord; "heir to a lordly fortune"; "of august lineage" [syn: august, grand, lordly]
adjective
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 [syn: disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering]
Definition of 'Lordly'
From: 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]
Definition of 'Lordly'
From: GCIDE
- Lordly \Lord"ly\, adv. In a lordly manner. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'lordly'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute,
- absolutist,
- absolutistic,
- affected,
- arbitrary,
- aristocratic,
- arrogant,
- august,
- authoritarian,
- authoritative,
- autocratic,
- bossy,
- cavalier,
- courtly,
- despotic,
- dictatorial,
- dignified,
- disdainful,
- domineering,
- egotistic,
- elitist,
- feudal,
- grand,
- grandiose,
- grave,
- grinding,
- haughty,
- high and mighty,
- high-and-mighty,
- high-handed,
- hubristic,
- imperative,
- imperial,
- imperious,
- imposing,
- insolent,
- kingly,
- magisterial,
- magistral,
- magnificent,
- majestic,
- masterful,
- monocratic,
- noble,
- oppressive,
- overbearing,
- overruling,
- peremptory,
- princely,
- puffed,
- queenly,
- regal,
- repressive,
- royal,
- sedate,
- severe,
- snobbish,
- sober,
- solemn,
- stately,
- statuesque,
- strict,
- supercilious,
- superior,
- suppressive,
- swollen,
- tyrannical,
- tyrannous,
- U,
- venerable,
- worthy
Words containing 'Lordly'
- Lord,
- Lorded,
- Lording,
- Our lord,
- lord it over,
- Congregation of the Lord,
- Harvest lord,
- House of Lords,
- Law lords,
- Lord Bacon,
- Lord Protector,
- Lord keeper,
- Lord lieutenant,
- Lord of Misrule,
- Lord paramount,
- Lord president,
- Lord's Day,
- Lord's table,
- Lords and Ladies,
- Lords of the bedchamber,
- Lords spiritual,
- Lords temporal,
- The Lord's Day,
- The Lord's Prayer,
- The Lord's Supper,
- The Lord's Table,
- The court of the Lord,
- Treasury lord,
- ascension of the lord,
- drug lord,
- epiphany of our lord,
- fear of the lord the,
- feudal lord,
- liege lord,
- lord chancellor,
- lord macaulay,
- lord nelson,
- lord rayleigh,
- lord todd,
- lord's prayer,
- lord's supper,
- lords day,
- lords prayer,
- lords supper,
- mesne lord,
- our lord's candle,
- press lord,
- Lord high chancellor,
- Lord high constable,
- Lord high steward,
- Lord justice clerk,
- Lord justice general,
- The lord chamberlain of England,
- alfred lord tennyson,
- british house of lords,
- first lord of the treasury,
- little lord fauntleroy,
- lord britten of aldeburgh,
- lord lieutenant of Ireland,
- lord lieutenant of a county,
- lord privy seal,
- lord's resistance army,
- lords-and-ladies,
- wars of the lord the book of the,
- Lord Chief Justice of England,
- Lord high chancellor of England,
- Lord high treasurer of England,
- lord george gordon byron