单词 | lordly |
释义 | lordly (once / 2005 pages) adj WORD FAMILY lordly: lordlier, lordliest, lordlily, lordliness+/lordliness: lordlinesses USAGE EXAMPLESHyman’s lordly expectations of what he was due as the family patriarch were retrograde, even by the standards of the time. The New Yorker(Oct 10, 2016) You’re glued to your seat, brandishing a pair of lordly firearms, taking shots at lunging enemies in macabre scenarios. Time(Oct 05, 2016) Strength to the strong and the lordly and lonely. T. H. White, The Once and Future King(1958) 1adj of or befitting a lord heir to a lordly fortune Syn august, grand noble of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times 2adj having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy his lordly manners were offensive Syn disdainful, haughty, imperious, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering proud feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride |
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