Lord"ly, a. [Compar.
Lordlier (?); superl. Lordliest.]
[Lord + -ly. Cf. Lordlike.] 1.
Suitable for a lord; of or pertaining to a lord; resembling a
lord; hence, grand; noble; dignified; honorable.
She brought forth butter in a lordly
dish.
Judges v. 25.
Lordly sins require lordly estates to
support them.
South.
The maidens gathered strength and grace
And presence, lordlier than before.
Tennyson.
2. Proud; haughty; imperious;
insolent.
Lords are lordliest in their wine.
Milton.
Syn. -- Imperious; haughty; overbearing; tyrannical;
despotic; domineering; arrogant. See Imperious.
Lord"ly, adv. In a lordly
manner.
