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  3  definitions  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}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lordly  \Lord"ly\,  adv 
  In  a  lordly  manner. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  lordly 
  adj  1:  of  or  befitting  a  lord;  "heir  to  a  lordly  fortune";  "of 
  august  lineage"  [syn:  {august},  {grand}] 
  2:  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";  "shaggy  supercilious 
  camels";  "a  more  swaggering  mood  than  usual"-  W.L.Shirer 
  [syn:  {disdainful},  {haughty},  {prideful},  {sniffy},  {supercilious}, 
  {swaggering}]




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