lordly

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Of or relating to a lord.

   • Show us your lordly might: demonstrate that you can order people and get them to obey.
   • But they are the peers of the Queensland Parliament, and, having no lordly robes, must approach the Old Country model as closely as possible.
   • [I]n that some form of duty and sacrifice (here, participation in the 1848 Revolution and a recognition of his lordly duty) is not only beneficially character-forming but also leads ultimately to a condition which is 'sublime'.
2. 2

   Having the qualities of a lord

   Having the qualities of a lord; lordlike; noble

   • Deep, indeed, / Their debt of thanks to her who first had dared / To leap the rotten pales of prejudice, / Disyoke their necks from custom, and assert / None lordlier than themselves but that which made / Woman and man.
3. 3

   Appropriate for, or suitable to, a lord

   Appropriate for, or suitable to, a lord; glorious.

   • He asked water, and she gaue him milke, shee brought forth butter in a lordly dish.
   • It had also its Hall, called the Priory—an older, a larger, a more lordly abode than any Briarfield or Whinbury owned; […]
   • The maidens gathered strength and grace / And presence, lordlier than before.
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   1. 4

      Proud

      Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.

      • Lords are Lordlieſt in thir wine; […]
   2. 5

      In the manner of a lord. Showing command or nobility.

      • Look at man, then, walking lordly amidst the gigantic flora and fauna of long ago; and see if seven, eight, nine hundred years do not sit serenely on his mighty brow.
   3. 6

      Alternative form of lordly.

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