lordly.
Of or relating to a lord.
Meaning & usage
Of or relating to a lord.
Show us your lordly might: demonstrate that you can order people and get them to obey.
Having the qualities of a lord; lordlike; noble
Appropriate for, or suitable to, a lord; glorious.
Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English lordly, lordlich, from Old English hlāfordlīċ (“lordly; heroic; noble”), equivalent to lord + -ly (forming adjectives).
In the manner of a lord. Showing command or nobility.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English lordly, lordely, lordliche, equivalent to lord + -ly (forming adverbs).
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