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lordly

[lawrd-lee]

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adjective

lordlier, lordliest

suitable for a lord, as trappings or ceremonies; grand or magnificent.
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insolently imperious; haughty; arrogant; overbearing.
lordly contempt.
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of or relating to a lord.
having the character or attributes of a lord.
befitting a lord, as actions.
lordly manners.

adverb

Also lordlily. in the manner of a lord.

lordly

/ ˈ��ɔː��ɪ /

adjective

haughty; arrogant; proud
of or befitting a lord

adverb

archaic��in the manner of a lord

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Other Word Forms

lordliness noun
ˈ��ǰ��Ա�� noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of lordly¹

before 1000; Middle English; Old English ��ڴǰ��ī��. See lord, -ly

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The surge ended in the World Series, the lordly Yankees winning in six games, but Mays was on his way and Durocher gave him full credit.

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In 1876, after the city had found more profitable demand for the hilltop — lordly houses, and a beer garden — there came ghoulish warnings about “pestilence-spreading gasses which are given forth by decomposed and decomposing bodies.”

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From 1958 to 1961, sulking Giants and Dodgers fans had to put up with the lordly Yankees winning three pennants and two World Series.

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There was one great tomb more lordly than all the rest; huge it was, and nobly proportioned.

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Only a few senior Republicans have gone so far as to say that it is time for Mr. Trump to lose his lordly status in the party altogether.

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lordling lord mayor

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