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lordlier

 

  1  definition  found 
 
  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}.




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