Definitions for lordly
Overview of adj lordly
The adj lordly has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) august, grand, lordly
(of or befitting a lord; "heir to a lordly fortune"; "of august lineage")
2. disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering
(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"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer)
