adj · adv · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/lɔːdli/
British, Southern, Standard:/loːdlɪj/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
General-American:/loɹdli/
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Australia, New-Zealand:/loːdli/
Scotland:/lɔɾdle/
Scotland:/-lɪ/
Scotland:/-li/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to a lord.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Show us your lordly might: demonstrate that you can order people and get them to obey.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Having the qualities of a lord; lordlike; noble
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Appropriate for, or suitable to, a lord; glorious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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4
adj
Meaning 4
Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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5
adj
Meaning 5
Alternative form of lordly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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adv
Meaning 6
In the manner of a lord. Showing command or nobility.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
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; / [...]
Meaning relationships
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7
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
of or befitting a lord
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
heir to a lordly fortune
of august lineage
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: august, grand
Antonyms: none provided
8
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy- W.L.Shirer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
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
