Word Meanings - LORDLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
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
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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.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of LORDLY)
- Imperious
- Arrogant
- exacting
- dictatorial
- authoritative
- domineering
- haughty
- lordly
- Stately
- Dignified
- imposing
- lofty
- elevated
- proud
- majestic
- pompous
- magnificent
- grand
Related words: (words related to LORDLY)
- MAGNIFICENTLY
In a Magnificent manner. - IMPOSABLE
Capable of being imposed or laid on. Hammond. - GRANDEUR
The state or quality of being grand; vastness; greatness; splendor; magnificence; stateliness; sublimity; dignity; elevation of thought or expression; nobility of action. Nor doth this grandeur and majestic show Of luxury . . . allure mine eye. - PROUDLING
A proud or haughty person. Sylvester. - EXACTOR
One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands. Jer. Taylor. - EXACTING
Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe. "A temper so exacting." T. Arnold -- Ex*act"ing*ly, adv. -- Ex*act"ing*ness, n. - GRANDEESHIP
The rank or estate of a grandee; lordship. H. Swinburne. - PROUD
prout, prud, prut, AS. prut; akin to Icel. pruedhr stately, handsome, 1. Feeling or manifesting pride, in a good or bad sense; as: Possessing or showing too great self-esteem; overrating one's excellences; hence, arrogant; haughty; lordly; - GRANDMA; GRANDMAMMA
A grand mother. - GRANDUNCLE
father's or mother's uncle. - EXACTLY
In an exact manner; precisely according to a rule, standard, or fact; accurately; strictly; correctly; nicely. "Exactly wrought." Shak. His enemies were pleased, for he had acted exactly as their interests required. Bancroft. - IMPOSINGNESS
The quality of being imposing. - IMPOSTRESS; IMPOSTRIX
A woman who imposes upon or deceives others. Fuller. - EXACTION
1. The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion. Take away your exactions from my - GRANDIFIC
Making great. Bailey. - IMPOSTURAGE
Imposture; cheating. Jer. Taylor. - IMPOSTOR
One who imposes upon others; a person who assumes a character or title not his own, for the purpose of deception; a pretender. "The fraudulent impostor foul." Milton. Syn. -- Deceiver; cheat; rogue. See Deceiver. - GRANDILOQUENT
Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic. - ARROGANTLY
In an arrogant manner; with undue pride or self-importance. - MAJESTICNESS
The quality or state of being majestic. Oldenburg. - INEXACTLY
In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately. R. A. Proctor. - INEXACT
Not exact; not precisely correct or true; inaccurate. - GREAT-GRANDFATHER
The father of one's grandfather or grandmother. - OVERPROUD
Exceedingly or unduly proud. "Overproud of his victory." Milton. - SELF-AGGRANDIZEMENT
The aggrandizement of one's self.