lordly Antonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- demure
- unassuming
- shrinking
- sheepish
- reserved
- quiet
- yielding
- subdued
- mousey
- unobtrusive
- shrinking
- quiet
- reserved
- compliant
- unobtrusive
- compliant
- deferential
- unassuming
- introverted
- unassertive
- passive
- mousey
- unaggressive
- mousy
- acquiescent
- meek
- unassertive
- demure
- introverted
- shy
- submissive
- deferential
- meek
- shy
- sheepish
- yielding
- mousy
- diffident
- acquiescent
- passive
- submissive
- subdued
- diffident
- unaggressive
Weak:
Strongest:
Strong:
- pompous
- overweening
- pretentious
- uppish
- presuming
- smug
- uppity
- sniffy
- imperious
- haughty
- important
- peremptory
- domineering
- presumptuous
- hifalutin
- assumptive
- chesty
- high-handed
- masterful
- authoritarian
- high-and-mighty
- dominating
- high-hat
- dominant
- supercilious
- magisterial
- bumptious
- huffy
Weak:
- blusterous
- toplofty
- bombastic
- cocky
- self-satisfied
- bossy
- blustery
- self-complacent
- highfalutin
- brash
- conceited
- saucy
- proud
- self-assertive
- stuck-up
- condescending
- self-asserting
- self-centered
- lofty
- vain
- snobbish
- pontifical
- uninhibited
- egotistical
- prideful
- egotistic
- snooty
- patronizing
- egoistic
- braggart
- toploftical
- egoistical
- complacent
- boastful
- unreserved
- impudent
- stiff-necked
- egocentric
- narcissistic
- vainglorious
- hubristic
- swaggering
- pontificating
- huffish
- extraverted
- snobby
- impertinent
- disdainful
Meaning of lordly
lordly (s)
of or befitting a lord
having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
lordly (superl.)
Suitable for a lord; of or pertaining to a lord; resembling a lord; hence, grand; noble; dignified; honorable.
Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.
lordly (adv.)
In a lordly manner.
lordly Sentence Examples
- The lordly lion surveyed his domain with a haughty gaze.
- The king's throne was adorned with lordly tapestries and golden embellishments.
- The earl's castle stood as a lordly symbol of his power and wealth.
- The mountains rose up lordly and majestic against the horizon.
- The old oak tree stood like a lordly guardian of the forest.
- The general's lordly voice boomed through the ranks, inspiring his troops.
- The wealthy merchant lived in a lordly mansion filled with opulent furnishings.
- The judge wore a lordly black robe, conveying his authority and impartiality.
- The professor's lordly demeanor commanded respect from his students.
- The lordly eagle soared through the sky, its piercing gaze surveying the land below.
FAQs About the word lordly
of or befitting a lord, having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthySuitable for a lord; of or pertaining to a lord; res
cavalier, superior,arrogant, pompous, overweening, pretentious, uppish, presuming, smug, uppity
timid, unpretentious, lowly, timid, humble,humble, unpretentious, modest, bashful, bashful
The lordly lion surveyed his domain with a haughty gaze.
The king's throne was adorned with lordly tapestries and golden embellishments.
The earl's castle stood as a lordly symbol of his power and wealth.
The mountains rose up lordly and majestic against the horizon.
