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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Lord"ly, adv.
In a lordly manner.
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