† loftlyadv.
Obsolete. rare.
= loftily adv.
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loftily1548
loftly1598
tragically1602
magnificently1630
sublimely1631
grandiloquently1821
soundingly1843
magniloquently1849
largely1857
1598 Sir P. Sidney Astrophel & Stella Song vi. v Musicke more loftly [1591 lustie] swels In speeches nobly placed.
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