lordly : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: lordly	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for lordly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lordly adj of or befitting a lord; "heir to a lordly fortune"; "of august lineage" Synonym(s): august, grand, lordly 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 Synonym(s): disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lordly \Lord"ly\, adv. In a lordly manner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. She brought forth butter in a lordly dish. --Judges v. 25. Lordly sins require lordly estates to support them. --South. The maidens gathered strength and grace And presence, lordlier than before. --Tennyson. 2. Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent. Lords are lordliest in their wine. --Milton. Syn: Imperious; haughty; overbearing; tyrannical; despotic; domineering; arrogant. See {Imperious}.