Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Lordliest"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Lordly \Lord"ly\, a. [Compar. {Lordlier}; superl. {Lordliest}.]
[Lord + -ly. Cf. {Lordlike}.]
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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