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