Sekirov Dictionary

lordly

UK /lɔːdli/US /loɹdli/

adjective 4
adverb 1
forms 8

adjective4

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Of or relating to a lord.
- Show us your lordly might: demonstrate that you can order people and get them to obey.
Having the qualities of a lord; lordlike; noble
•
Appropriate for, or suitable to, a lord; glorious.
- He asked water, and she gaue him milke, shee brought forth butter in a lordly dish. — 1611
•
Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.
- Lords are Lordliest in thir wine; […] — 1671

adverb1

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In the manner of a lord. Showing command or nobility.
- Look at man, then, walking lordly amidst the gigantic flora and fauna of long ago; and see if seven, eight, nine hundred years do not sit serenely on his mighty brow. — 1925

forms

Lordlier · lordlier · more Lordly · more lordly · Lordliest · lordliest · most Lordly · most lordly

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