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Adjective: lordly (lordlier,lordliest)  lord-lee
  1. Of or befitting a lord
    "heir to a lordly fortune";
    - august, grand
     
  2. Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
    "his lordly manners were offensive";
    - disdainful, haughty, imperious, overbearing, prideful, sniffy [informal], supercilious, swaggering, toplofty [US, informal], orgulous [archaic]

Derived forms: lordliest, lordlier

See also: noble, proud

Encyclopedia: Lordly

Nearest

Lord Macaulay
Lord Mayor
Lord Nelson
Lord of Misrule
Lord Privy Seal
Lord Rayleigh
Lord Todd
lordless
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lordolatry
lordosis
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Lord's Day
Lord's Prayer
Lord's Resistance Army
Lords Spiritual
Lord's Supper
Lord's table
Lords Temporal