lordly
adjective
1.
2.
having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
- “some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines”
- “haughty aristocrats”
- “his lordly manners were offensive”
- “walked with a prideful swagger”
- “very sniffy about breaches of etiquette”
- “his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air”
- “a more swaggering mood than usual” W.L.Shirer
Origin
From Middle English lordly, lordlich, from Old English hlāfordlīċ (“lordly; heroic; noble”), equivalent to lord + -ly (forming adjectives).
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