Lordliest

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              She brought forth butter in a lordly dish. --Judges
                                                    v. 25.
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              Lordly sins require lordly estates to support them.
                                                    --South.
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              The maidens gathered strength and grace
              And presence, lordlier than before.   --Tennyson.
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     2. Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.
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              Lords are lordliest in their wine.    --Milton.
  
     Syn: Imperious; haughty; overbearing; tyrannical; despotic;
          domineering; arrogant. See {Imperious}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]
       [also: {lordliest}, {lordlier}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lordliest
       See {lordly}