lordly Antonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- mousey
- deferential
- sheepish
- demure
- shy
- unaggressive
- compliant
- compliant
- mousy
- mousy
- quiet
- acquiescent
- unassuming
- unassertive
- introverted
- subdued
- diffident
- unaggressive
- submissive
- introverted
- shy
- submissive
- deferential
- yielding
- passive
- unassertive
- demure
- passive
- diffident
- yielding
- acquiescent
- unobtrusive
- unassuming
- quiet
- reserved
- shrinking
- unobtrusive
- meek
- mousey
- sheepish
- shrinking
- reserved
- meek
- subdued
Weak:
Strongest:
Strong:
- high-hat
- dominating
- uppish
- high-and-mighty
- sniffy
- supercilious
- assumptive
- overweening
- authoritarian
- presumptuous
- hifalutin
- pompous
- important
- dominant
- peremptory
- huffy
- domineering
- haughty
- uppity
- masterful
- imperious
- chesty
- presuming
- high-handed
- pretentious
- bumptious
- smug
- magisterial
Weak:
- snobby
- conceited
- pontificating
- toplofty
- swaggering
- unreserved
- toploftical
- boastful
- egotistical
- egotistic
- self-satisfied
- huffish
- impertinent
- condescending
- bossy
- stuck-up
- self-complacent
- disdainful
- saucy
- stiff-necked
- prideful
- brash
- highfalutin
- snooty
- bombastic
- self-asserting
- self-centered
- proud
- snobbish
- patronizing
- impudent
- egoistical
- braggart
- extraverted
- pontifical
- cocky
- hubristic
- vain
- egocentric
- egoistic
- blustery
- lofty
- uninhibited
- vainglorious
- complacent
- blusterous
- narcissistic
- self-assertive
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, high-hat, dominating, uppish, high-and-mighty, sniffy, supercilious, assumptive
bashful, unpretentious, modest, lowly,humble, lowly, timid, timid, modest, humble
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.
