lordly
adjective
lord·ly ˈlȯrd-lē 
lordlier; lordliest
1
a
: of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a lord : dignified
b
: grand, noble
2
: exhibiting the pride and assurance associated with one of the highest birth or rank
lordliness noun
lordly adverb
Synonyms
- arrogant
- assumptive
- bumptious
- cavalier
- chesty
- haughty
- high-and-mighty
- high-handed
- high-hat
- highfalutin
- hifalutin
- huffish
- huffy
- imperious
- important
- lofty
- masterful
- overweening
- peremptory
- pompous
- presuming
- presumptuous
- pretentious
- self-asserting
- self-assertive
- sniffy
- stiff-necked
- supercilious
- superior
- toplofty
- toploftical
- uppish
- uppity
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
a lordly and dignified man He regarded his neighbors with lordly disdain.
Recent Examples on the Web From 1958 to 1961, sulking Giants and Dodgers fans had to put up with the lordly Yankees winning three pennants and two World Series. 
New York Times, 23 Mar. 2022 The lordly African lion in his zoo grotto will cast a sentimental glance at his shaggy mate. San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2022 The latest entry in the MCU picked up $90.7 million internationally, which pushes its global total to a lordly $161.7 million. Brent Lang, Variety, 7 Nov. 2021 Player for player Atlanta shouldn’t be scaring the lordly Dodgers like this. Ray Glier, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2021 In 2015, a campaign spokesperson made an even more lordly valuation—a hundred million. Bruce Handy, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2021 His absence seemed lordly and dismissive, which is precisely what Ossoff accused Perdue of being. Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2020 The earliest days of Christianity involved the repossession of the sacred from the stewardship of politics, with all its lordly pretensions, into the hands of community in the form of the Church. Cameron Hilditch, National Review, 4 Sep. 2020 What began as a lordly duty to protect eventually extended beyond caring for the lame, beyond the untended child. Melissa Chadburn, The New York Review of Books, 27 Aug. 2020 See More
New York Times, 23 Mar. 2022 The lordly African lion in his zoo grotto will cast a sentimental glance at his shaggy mate. San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2022 The latest entry in the MCU picked up $90.7 million internationally, which pushes its global total to a lordly $161.7 million. Brent Lang, Variety, 7 Nov. 2021 Player for player Atlanta shouldn’t be scaring the lordly Dodgers like this. Ray Glier, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2021 In 2015, a campaign spokesperson made an even more lordly valuation—a hundred million. Bruce Handy, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2021 His absence seemed lordly and dismissive, which is precisely what Ossoff accused Perdue of being. Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2020 The earliest days of Christianity involved the repossession of the sacred from the stewardship of politics, with all its lordly pretensions, into the hands of community in the form of the Church. Cameron Hilditch, National Review, 4 Sep. 2020 What began as a lordly duty to protect eventually extended beyond caring for the lame, beyond the untended child. Melissa Chadburn, The New York Review of Books, 27 Aug. 2020 See More Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
lordliness
noun
as in arrogance
an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims the lordliness of his manner really got on his colleagues' nerves, as he had no real authority over them Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- arrogance
- superiority
- peremptoriness
- masterfulness
- imperiousness
- disdain
- hauteur
- attitude
- loftiness
- haughtiness
- pompousness
- superciliousness
- pridefulness
- pretension
- huffiness
- pomposity
- presumptuousness
- consequence
- pretense
- dominance
- vanity
- bumptiousness
- pretence
- assumption
- pretentiousness
- self-consequence
- pride
- toploftiness
- condescension
- high horse
- authoritativeness
- self-importance
- boastfulness
- bossiness
- scorn
- snobbishness
- snobbery
- snootiness
- sauciness
- high-handedness
- egoism
- egotism
- bravado
- bowwow
- snobbism
- inflation
- cockiness
- vainglory
- impudence
- impertinence
- cheekiness
- triumphalism
- smugness
- swagger
- brag
- self-complacency
- complacence
- self-contentment
- bombast
- vaingloriousness
- side
- self-opinion
- self-assertion
- self-content
- braggadocio
- strut
- swelled head
- chest-thumping
- conceit
- self-centeredness
- cheek
- self-conceit
- self-satisfaction
- superiority complex
- self-partiality
- self-assumption
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- humility
- modesty
- demureness
- bashfulness
- unpretentiousness
- shyness
- timidity
- diffidence
- meekness
- timidness
- submissiveness
- unassumingness
- passiveness
- passivity
- lowliness
- retiringness
- reservedness
- self-distrust
- quietness
- mousiness
- reserve
- self-doubt
- devil's darning needle
- devil's dozen
- devil's dung
- Devil's Dyke
- devil's food cake
- devil's horse
- devil's ironweed
- Devil's Island
- devil's ivy
- devil's lettuce
- devil's mark
- devil's mass
- devil's milk
- devil's paintbrush
- devil's paternoster
- devil's picture book
- devil's shoestring
- devil's shoestrings
- devil's slide
- devil's tattoo
- devil's toenail
- devil's trumpet
- devil's-apple
- devil's-apron
- devil's-aprons