loftily

English[edit]

From lofty +‎ -ly.

loftily (comparative more loftily, superlative most loftily)

To a great height.
- 1836, Allan Cunningham, Lord Roldan, page 157:
  […] trees, most of them bearing blossom or fruit, rose loftily into the air, and extended their broad leaves like parasols to the sun.
With affectation of grandness.
- 1955, C[live] S[taples] Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew, London: The Bodley Head, →OCLC:
  "I should never dream of calling a kid like you a woman," said Digory loftily.
- 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 475:
  "Can you play the violin?" asked Rosemary loftily, out of a chumbling refined mouth.