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Webster 1913 Edition
Lordly
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,
And presence,
lordlier
than before. Tennyson.
2.
Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.
Syn. – Imperious; haughty; overbearing; tyrannical; despotic; domineering; arrogant. See
Imperious
. Lord′ly
,adv.
In a lordly manner.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lordly
LORD'LY
,Adj.
1.
Becoming a lord; pertaining to a lord.Lordly sins require lordly estates to support them.
2.
Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.Every rich and lordly swain, with pride would drag about her chain.
LORD'LY
,adv.
A famished lion, issuing from the wood, roars lordly fierce.
Definition 2024
lordly
lordly
English
Alternative forms
- Lordly
Adjective
lordly (comparative lordlier or more lordly, superlative lordliest or most lordly)
- Of or relating to a lord.
- Show us your lordly might: demonstrate that you can order people and get them to obey.
- 1880, John Nichols, The Gentleman's Magazine - Volume 248 - Page 60:
- But they are the peers of the Queensland Parliament, and, having no lordly robes, must approach the Old Country model as closely as possible.
- 2006, Steve Wharton, Screening Reality - Page 104:
- [...] in that some form of duty and sacrifice (here, participation in the 1848 Revolution and a recognition of his lordly duty) is not only beneficially character- forming but also leads ultimately to a condition which is 'sublime'.
- 2011, Thomas Smith, C. Matthew McMahon, Therese B. McMahon, Select Memoirs of the English and Scottish Divines: - Page 282:
- Samson, in reply to this, says, “If you are not lordly, nor value your lordly title, as you tell me, and I trust in truth and sincerity, shall I call you a phoenix?
- 2011, Mary Jane Staples, Appointment At The Palace: An Adams Family Saga Novel - Page 275:
- [...] he's still got his lordly habits, and more so since coming out of the war as a general.' 'A colonel, Sammy,' said Rachel. 'Same thing, good as,' said Sammy. 'Boots, of course, does wear his lordly crown with style,' said Rachel. 'Don't I know it?
- Having the qualities of a lord; lordlike; noble
- Appropriate for, or suitable to, a lord; glorious.
- Bible, Judges v. 25
- She brought forth butter in a lordly dish.
- Tennyson
- The maidens gathered strength and grace / And presence, lordlier than before.
- 1849 — Charlotte Brontë, Shirley, chapter 27
- It had also its Hall, called the Priory - an older, a larger, a more lordly abode than any Briarfield or Whinbury owned;
- 1897 — Bram Stoker, Dracula, chapter 27
- There was one great tomb more lordly than all the rest.
- Bible, Judges v. 25
- Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.
- Milton
- Lords are lordliest in their wine.
- Milton
Derived terms
Translations
having the qualities of a lord; lordlike; noble
proud; haughty; imperious; insolent
Adverb
lordly (comparative lordlier, superlative lordliest)
- In the manner of a lord. Showing command or nobility.
- 1891, Sir Edwin Arnold, The Light of the World: Or, The Great Consummation, Book I — “Mary Magdalene”, Funk & Wagnalls, page 56,
- […] / And Herod's painted pinnaces, ablaze / With lamps, and brazen shields and spangled slaves, / Came and went lordly at Tiberias; / […]
- 1891, Sir Edwin Arnold, The Light of the World: Or, The Great Consummation, Book I — “Mary Magdalene”, Funk & Wagnalls, page 56,