lordly
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
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.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
lordly (comparative lordlier or more lordly, superlative lordliest or most lordly)
- Of or relating to a lord.
- Show us your lordly might: demonstrate that you can order people and get them to obey.
- 1880, John Nichols, The Gentleman’s Magazine, volume 248, page 60:
- But they are the peers of the Queensland Parliament, and, having no lordly robes, must approach the Old Country model as closely as possible.
- 2006, Steve Wharton, Screening Reality, page 104:
- [I]n that some form of duty and sacrifice (here, participation in the 1848 Revolution and a recognition of his lordly duty) is not only beneficially character-forming but also leads ultimately to a condition which is 'sublime'.
- 2011, Thomas Smith, C. Matthew McMahon, Therese B. McMahon, Select Memoirs of the English and Scottish Divines, page 282:
- Samson, in reply to this, says, “If you are not lordly, nor value your lordly title, as you tell me, and I trust in truth and sincerity, shall I call you a phoenix?
- 2011, Mary Jane Staples, Appointment at the Palace: An Adams Family Saga Novel, page 275:
- [H]e's still got his lordly habits, and more so since coming out of the war as a general.' 'A colonel, Sammy,' said Rachel. 'Same thing, good as,' said Sammy. 'Boots, of course, does wear his lordly crown with style,' said Rachel. 'Don't I know it?
- Having the qualities of a lord; lordlike; noble
- 1847, Alfred Tennyson, “Part II”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 30:
- Deep, indeed, / Their debt of thanks to her who first had dared / To leap the rotten pales of prejudice, / Disyoke their necks from custom, and assert / None lordlier than themselves but that which made / Woman and man.
- Appropriate for, or suitable to, a lord; glorious.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Judges 5:25:
- He asked water, and she gaue him milke, shee brought forth butter in a lordly dish.
- 1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “The First Blue-stocking”, in Shirley. A Tale. […], volume III, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, page 77:
- It had also its Hall, called the Priory - an older, a larger, a more lordly abode than any Briarfield or Whinbury owned;
- 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, (please specify |part=Prologue or Rpilogue, or |canto=I to CXXIX):
- The maidens gathered strength and grace / And presence, lordlier than before.
- 1897, Bram Stoker, “Mina Harker’s Journal”, in Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, →OCLC, pages 409–410:
- There was one great tomb more lordly than all the rest.
- 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 57:
- That night the whisky was unstoppered and Bradly lolled in bed, smoking, and betimes sweeping out an arm of conquest for his nobbler and taking a lordly pull at it.
- Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.
- 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 84:
- Lords are Lordlieſt in thir wine; […]
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Translations[edit]
of or relating to a lord
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having the qualities of a lord; lordlike; noble
proud; haughty; imperious; insolent
Adverb[edit]
lordly (comparative lordlier, superlative lordliest)
- In the manner of a lord. Showing command or nobility.
- 1891, Sir Edwin Arnold, The Light of the World: Or, The Great Consummation,[1] 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; / […]
- 1925, Claude Kean, Stock Charges Against the Bible[2], published 2003, page 61:
- Look at man, then, walking lordly amidst the gigantic flora and fauna of long ago; and see if seven, eight, nine hundred years do not sit serenely on his mighty brow.
- 1891, Sir Edwin Arnold, The Light of the World: Or, The Great Consummation,[1] Book I — “Mary Magdalene”, Funk & Wagnalls, page 56,
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English hlāfordlīċ; equivalent to lord + -ly (adjectival suffix). The adverb is from the adjective.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
lordly
Descendants[edit]
- English: lordly
References[edit]
- “lōrdlī, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Adverb[edit]
lordly
Descendants[edit]
- English: lordly
References[edit]
- “lōrdlī, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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