loftyadjective
uk/ˈlɒf.ti/us/ˈlɑːf.ti/lofty adjective (POSITION)
formal high:
a lofty ceiling/mountain/wall
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High, tall and deep
- deep
- dwarf
- elevated
- eye level
- floor-to-ceiling
- full-length
- gawky
- height
- high
- profundity
- rangy
- rear
- rear above/over sth/sb
- six-footer
- stand
- stature
- tall
- tower
- tower above/over sb/sth
- towering
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lofty adjective (IDEAS)
formal Lofty ideas, etc. are of a high moral standard:
lofty sentiments/ideals
disapproving If you have a lofty way of behaving or talking, etc., you act as if you think you are better than other people:
a lofty attitude/air/tone
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Virtue and moral good
- altruism
- angel
- angelic
- be as pure as the driven snow idiom
- be on the side of the angels idiom
- clean
- goodness
- lily-white
- nobility
- noble
- principled
- pure
- purity
- spinach
- straight
- the road to hell is paved with good intentions idiom
- the straight and narrow idiom
- unselfish
- upliftment
- virtue
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Showing arrogance and conceit
loftily
adverb uk/ˈlɒf.təl.i/us/ˈlɑːf.təl.i/disapproving
loftiness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈlɒf.ti.nəs/us/ˈlɑːf.ti.nəs/