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Lord·ly, a. [Compar. Lordlier superl. Lordliest.]
1. Suitable for a lord; of or pertaining to a lord; resembling a lord; hence, grand; noble; dignified; honorable.
She brought forth butter in a lordly dish. --Judges v. 25.
Lordly sins require lordly estates to support them. --South.
The maidens gathered strength and grace
And presence, lordlier than before. --Tennyson.
2. Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.
Lords are lordliest in their wine. --Milton.
Syn: -- Imperious; haughty; overbearing; tyrannical; despotic; domineering; arrogant. See Imperious.
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]