lordly meaning and definition

LORDLY adjective

Definition of lordly (adjective)

1. of or befitting a lord
   • "heir to a lordly fortune"; "of august lineage"
   • synonyms: august, grand
2. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
   • "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer
   • synonyms: disdainful, haughty, imperious, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering