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