ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Loftily

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adverb

Quick meaning: Loftily is an adverb meaning To a great height.

Meaning

To a great height.

More Meanings

  1. With affectation of grandness.

Example Sentences

"I should never dream of calling a kid like you a woman," said Digory loftily.
"Can you play the violin?" asked Rosemary loftily, out of a chumbling refined mouth.
[…] trees, most of them bearing blossom or fruit, rose loftily into the air, and extended their broad leaves like parasols to the sun.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include proudly, toploftily, unloftily, alpinely, aloft, toweringly.

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