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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.

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  • 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.

 

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