lordly Meaning, Definition & Usage

adjective satellite of or befitting a lord
august; grand.
- heir to a lordly fortune
- of august lineage
adjective satellite having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
overbearing; haughty; swaggering; prideful; imperious; disdainful; supercilious; sniffy.
- some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines
- haughty aristocrats
- his lordly manners were offensive
- walked with a prideful swagger
- very sniffy about breaches of etiquette
- his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air
- a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer

Lord + -ly. Cf. Lordlike.

comparative Lordlier ; superlative Lordliest

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.
Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.
Lords are lordliest in their wine. Milton.
Syn. -- Imperious; haughty; overbearing; tyrannical; despotic; domineering; arrogant. See Imperious.