lofty

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   High, tall, having great height or stature.

   • The lofty mountains roſe faint to the ſight and loſt their foreheads in the diſtant ſkies: the little hills, cloathed in darker green and ſkirted with embroidered vales, diſcovered the ſecret haunts of kids and bounding roes.
   • On my left was a river, which came roaring down from a range of lofty mountains right before me to the south-east.
   • When the night was half spent, I rose and walked on, till the day broke in all its beauty and the sun rose over the heads of the lofty hills and athwart the low gravelly plains.
2. 2

   Idealistic, implying over-optimism.

   • a lofty goal
   • A goal from Steven Caulker, just after the hour mark, was enough to hand victory to Malky Mackay's men, with Swansea falling some way short of the lofty standards they have set previously at this level.
3. 3

   Extremely proud

   Extremely proud; arrogant; haughty.

   • that lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers
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   1. 4

      nickname for a tall (usually male) person

The neighborhood

• antonymmeanantonym(s) of “having great height or stature”
• antonymignobleantonym(s) of “having great height or stature”
• antonymantonym(s) of
• neighboraloft