loftily

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To a great height.

   • […] trees, most of them bearing blossom or fruit, rose loftily into the air, and extended their broad leaves like parasols to the sun.
2. 2

   With affectation of grandness.

   • "I should never dream of calling a kid like you a woman," said Digory loftily.
   • "Can you play the violin?" asked Rosemary loftily, out of a chumbling refined mouth.

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