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