loftily

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English

Etymology

lofty +‎ -ly

Adverb

loftily (comparative more loftily, superlative most loftily)

  1. In a lofty manner.
  2. With affectation of grandness.
    • 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.
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