Hypertext Webster Gateway: "loftiest"

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

Lofty \Loft"y\, a. [Compar. {Loftier}; superl. {Loftiest}.]
[From {Loft}.]
1. Lifted high up; having great height; towering; high.

See lofty Lebanon his head advance. --Pope.

2. Fig.: Elevated in character, rank, dignity, spirit,
bearing, language, etc.; exalted; noble; stately;
characterized by pride; haughty.

The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity.
--Is. lvii.
15.

Lofty and sour to them that loved him not. --Shak.

Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme.
--Milton.

Syn: Tall; high; exalted; dignified; stately; majestic;
sublime; proud; haughty. See {Tall}.


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