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loftily, adv.|ˈlɒftɪlɪ, -ɔː-|
[f. lofty a. + -ly2.]
In a lofty way or manner (see the adj.).
1548Elyot Dict., Elate, proudely, loftyly. 1590Spenser F.Q. ii. x. 1 Or who shall lend me wings, with which from ground My lowly verse may loftily arise, And lift it selfe vnto the highest skies? 1596Bp. W. Barlow Three Serm. ii. 89 And yet they bear themselues so loftily, as if they could liue without gods blessing and help. 1607Markham Caval. ii. (1617) 82 To ride your horse..amongst short gorsse or whinnes is exceeding good,..to make a horse trot loftilie and cleanly. 1641Best Farm. Bks. (Surtees Soc.) 4 A tuppe, if hee bee kept loftily and in lust, is sayd to be sufficient for fortie or fiftie ewes. 1665Boyle Occas. Refl. Wks. (1848) p. xxi, A Strain worthy of the same pen, that so loftily describes the Destruction of Troy. 1744Ozell tr. Brantome's Sp. Rhodomontades 65 The Emperor..carried it..loftily on account of his late Victory. 1883Eng. Illustr. Mag. Nov. 74/1 Ely cathedral..stands loftily grave and majestic. 1883R. W. Dixon Mano ii. iv. 74 We came upon him riding loftily. |