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