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lordly¹

  • /lɔːdli/ UK
  • /loːdlɪj/ British, Southern, Standard
  • /loɹdli/ US
  • /loːdli/ Australia, New Zealand
  • /lɔɾdle/ Scotland
  • /-lɪ/ Scotland
  • /-li/ Scotland

Where it comes from

From Middle English lordly, lordlich, from Old English hlāfordlīċ (“lordly; heroic; noble”), equivalent to lord + -ly (forming adjectives).

adjective lordlier · more lordly · lordliest · most lordly · Lordly

  1. Of or relating to a lord. Show us your lordly might: demonstrate that you can order people and get them to obey.
  2. Having the qualities of a lord; lordlike; noble Deep, indeed, / Their debt of thanks to her who first had dared / To leap the rotten pales of prejudice, / Disyoke their necks from custom, and assert / None lordlier than themselves but that which made / Woman and man.
  3. Appropriate for, or suitable to, a lord; glorious. He asked water, and she gaue him milke, shee brought forth butter in a lordly dish.
  4. Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent. Lords are Lordlieſt in thir wine; […]

lordly²

  • /lɔːdli/ UK
  • /loːdlɪj/ British, Southern, Standard
  • /loɹdli/ US
  • /loːdli/ Australia, New Zealand
  • /lɔɾdle/ Scotland
  • /-lɪ/ Scotland
  • /-li/ Scotland

Where it comes from

From Middle English lordly, lordely, lordliche, equivalent to lord + -ly (forming adverbs).

adverb lordlier · lordliest · Lordly

  1. In the manner of a lord. Showing command or nobility. 1891, Sir Edwin Arnold, The Light of the World: Or, The Great Consummation, Book I — “Mary Magdalene”, Funk & Wagnalls, page 56, […] / And Herod's painted pinnaces, ablaze / With lamps, and brazen shields and spangled slaves, / Came and went lordly at Tiberias; / […]

Lordly³

adjective Lordlier · more Lordly · Lordliest · most Lordly

  1. alternative Alternative form of lordly

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adj of or relating to a lord

Españolnoble
Deutschfürstlich, adelig, einem Lord gemäß

adj having the qualities of a lord; lordlike; noble

Españolnoble
Deutschfürstlich, vornehm, herrlich, herrschaftlich, hochherrschaftlich, prächtig

adj proud; haughty; imperious; insolent

Españolpomposo, presuntuoso
Deutschüberheblich, arrogant, hochmütig, hochnäsig, herablassend, anmaßend

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@misc{lordly_2026,
  title = {lordly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lordly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}