lordly

a. 有威严的, 贵族似的, 高傲的 adv. 贵族般地, 有气派地, 傲然地

发音

其它 /ˈlɔː(ɹ)dli/

词形变化

lordlier 比较级 lordlier lordliest more lordly 比较级 lordliest 最高级 most lordly 最高级

别名

Lordly

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of or relating to a lord.

    Show us your lordly might: demonstrate that you can order people and get them to obey.

  2. 2.

    Having the qualities of a lord; lordlike; noble

  3. 3.

    Appropriate for, or suitable to, a lord; glorious.

  4. 4.

    Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.

adv.
  1. 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; / […]

词汇关系

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同义词 10

grand august overbearing haughty prideful disdainful imperious sniffy supercilious swaggering

近义相关 2

proud noble

词源

From Middle English lordly, lordlich, from Old English hlāfordlīċ (“lordly; heroic; noble”), equivalent to lord + -ly. The adverb is from Middle English lordly, lordely, lordliche.

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