What does "lordly" mean?
Lordly: Lordly sins require lordly estates to support them. South. The maidens gathered strength and grace And presence, lordlier than before. Tennyson.
Additional senses
- 2.Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent. Lords are lordliest in their wine. Milton. See Imperious.
- 3.In a lordly manner.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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