Lordly

Word LORDLY
Character 6
Hyphenation lord ly
Pronunciations /ˈlɔː(ɹ)dli/

Definitions and meanings of "Lordly"

What do we mean by lordly?

Of, relating to, or characteristic of a lord. adjective

Very dignified and noble. adjective

Pretentiously arrogant and overbearing. adjective

In a dignified, noble fashion befitting or characteristic of a lord. adverb

In a pretentiously arrogant and overbearing manner. adverb

In the manner of a lord; hence, proudly; imperiously; despotically.

Of the character or quality of a lord; having high or noble rank; noble; aristocratic.

Pertaining to or befitting a lord; characteristic of lordship; large or grand in scale, size, or extent.

Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.

Synonyms Domineering, overbearing, lofty.

In a lordly manner. adverb

Suitable for a lord; of or pertaining to a lord; resembling a lord; hence, grand; noble; dignified; honorable. adjective

Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent. adjective

Of or relating to a lord. adjective

Appropriate for, or suitable to, a lord. adjective

In the manner of a lord. Showing command or nobility. adverb

Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy adjective

Of or befitting a lord adjective

Of or relating to a lord.

Having the qualities of a lord; lordlike; noble

Appropriate for, or suitable to, a lord; glorious.

Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Lordly

The word "lordly" in example sentences

Van Horn, smoking his cigar in lordly indifferent fashion, kept his apparently uninterested eyes glued to each boy who made his way aft, box on shoulder, and stepped out on the land. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Thus, the claim that "I've kept as yet from thieving pretty free" is undercut by a "stolen" form, or rather one that evokes a high-literate and aristocratic practice of satire, casting the lowly versifier as a clown in lordly clothing. ❋ Unknown (1999)

Horn, smoking his cigar in lordly indifferent fashion, kept his apparently uninterested eyes glued to each boy who made his way aft, box on shoulder, and stepped out on the land. ❋ Unknown (1917)

How lordly is this man's carriage, and yet how base and servile is his spirit! ❋ Unknown (1721)

Objection 1: It would seem that Christ can be called a lordly man. ❋ Aquinas Thomas (N/A)

Therefore with like reason may Christ be called a lordly man. ❋ Aquinas Thomas (N/A)

But if, when we say "the Man Christ Jesus," we mean a created suppositum, as those who assert two supposita in Christ, this man might be called lordly, inasmuch as he is assumed to a participation of Divine honor, as the Nestorians said. ❋ Aquinas Thomas (N/A)

And hence the man Christ, Who is our Lord, cannot be called lordly; yet His flesh can be called "lordly flesh" and His passion the ❋ Aquinas Thomas (N/A)

"I wish it unsaid, having afterwards seen that it ought not to be said although it may be defended with some reason," i.e. because one might say that He was called a lordly man by reason of the human nature, which this word "man" signifies, and not by reason of the suppositum. ❋ Aquinas Thomas (N/A)

Our callousness as individuals can hardly be called lordly, though the results are majestic; we accept supreme services, and we accept the supreme sacrifice (Skin for skin: all that a man hath will he give for his life), and we very rarely think fit to growl forth a chance word of thanks. ❋ James Runciman (1871)

It all adds up to a kind of lordly presumption, a glorious hog of the road. ❋ DAN NEIL (2010)

And as the sporting instinct was coming on very markedly in the boy, he was anxious to be able to say he had shot a "lordly" buck. ❋ Lawrence J. Leslie (N/A)

And -- again if it were true -- how naturally and easily it explained that little unconscious air of hauteur and authority that she had so often observed in him -- the "lordly" air upon which she had laughingly remarked to Pobs, when describing the man who had been her companion on that memorable railway journey, when death had drawn very near them both and then had passed them by. ❋ Margaret Pedler (N/A)

Hence, since we say "lordly" denominatively from lord, it cannot truly and properly be said that this Man is lordly, but rather that He is Lord. ❋ Aquinas Thomas (N/A)

Brahman such as lordly power, generosity, compassion, and so on -- all of which are incapable of existing apart from the subject to which they belong-would have to be comprehended in all those meditations on Brahman where they are not expressly mentioned; and this could not possibly be done, as those qualities are infinite in number. ❋ George Thibaut (1881)

An overruling spirit, a fault-finding petulance, an impatience at trifling delays, and the exhibition of an ill-temper at the least provocation, can add no laurel to your own "lordly" brow; impart no happiness to your home; and exact no respect from either your subordinates or equals. ❋ Sophia Orne (1873)

"lordly" patron from Helmsley, had resulted in the latter giving the would-be borrower's go-between such a strong piece of his mind as he was not likely to forget. ❋ Marie Corelli (1889)

Benjamin rewarded the show with a lordly smile of acknowledgment. ❋ P. G. Sturges (2011)

A rooster strutted around with a lordly air, casting a beady eye from side to side as if supervising his serfs. ❋ Annia Ciezadlo (2011)

Society needs each other for mutual enjoyment, not as victims for personnel growth, I realized that most of us be Gnu to be available for the eating by jackals of the news media or to be eaten by the tigers of wall street, to supply cash for the common man in the common house, or gratification for the lordly ones in the Lord place. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2009)

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