lordly

Examples

• All

• The schoolroom became Ichabod's empire... over which, with lordly dignity, he held absolute sway.

• The prince remained standing—a proud and lordly figure—on the black rock.

  Fiction book (1991)

• This was a time of lordly comfort: warm, fed, and surrounded by books in three languages, which I had to myself all evening and night.

  Fiction book (1990)

• I cracked my knuckles and surveyed the room with a lordly grin.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Crosland was interested, in his lordly way, in ordinary people, in a revival and improvement of the welfare state, and in its refinancing on the basis of assured prosperity.

  Academic text (1996)

• He sweeps back the skirt of his patched and unsightly tunic as if it were the robe of an emperor and inclines his head and shoulders in a lordly bow.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Most still stand today, surveying the valley with lordly hauteur: great stony piles crowned with turrets and cupolas, swaddled in topiary and wrought iron.

Synonyms

G

grand

vslordly

918 3.0

Impressive and large in appearance or style

is similar in magnificence but carries more dignified haughtiness

N

noble

vslordly

24 3.6

Large and impressive in appearance or manner

is grand and haughty with a stronger sense of superiority

S

stately

vslordly

23 5.7

Having an impressive, calm look that makes people feel respect

is similar in grandeur but adds a stronger sense of haughtiness

C

courtly

vslordly

• Literature

6 7.2

Polite and elegant like people at a royal court

is grand and haughty but less focused on refined royal elegance

K

kingly

vslordly

4 6.7

Having the style, power, or position of a king

is grand and haughty but not specifically monarchlike in rank

A

august

vslordly

• Formal

1 7.0

Respected and impressive in a calm, serious way

is dignified too but suggests more haughtiness or entitlement

B

baronial

vslordly

1 8.5

Large and impressive, like a lord's old house or small castle

is dignified and haughty but not specifically estatebased in feel

Q

queenly

vslordly

1 5.6

Having the calm, proud manner and look of a queen

is grand and haughty but less tied to feminine royal image

S

seigniorial

vslordly

• Archaic

9.9

Showing a proud, grand manner that commands respect

is grand and haughty but less focused on imperious command

S

signorial

vslordly

• Literature

9.9

Showing the style and behavior of a lord, with dignity and power

is similarly grand and haughty but not strictly tied to authority

S

seigneurial

vslordly

• Archaic

9.9

Having a proud, powerful manner that makes other people feel small

is grand and dignified yet not always strongly imperious

K

kinglike

vslordly

7.3

Looking and behaving like a king

is dignified and haughty without implying royal rank

E

estately

vslordly

• Archaic

7.8

A person or building with a grand, dignified look that impresses people

is equally grand but carries more haughty or lofty attitude

Antonyms

O

ordinary

683 1.0

Normal and not special or unusual

H

humble

91 3.4

From a low social rank or simple background

How Grand

regal

30 5.3

lordly

1 8.1

elegant

165 3.3

dignified

71 4.6

plain

208 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology