lordly

== English == === Alternative forms === Lordly === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /lɔːdli/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /loːdlɪj/ (General American) IPA(key): /loɹdli/ (Australia, New Zealand) IPA(key): /loːdli/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /lɔɾdle/, /-lɪ/, /-li/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English lordly, lordlich, from Old English hlāfordlīċ (“lordly; heroic; noble”), equivalent to lord +‎ -ly (forming adjectives). ==== Adjective ==== lordly (comparative lordlier or more lordly, superlative lordliest or most lordly) Of or relating to a lord. Having the qualities of a lord; lordlike; noble Appropriate for, or suitable to, a lord; glorious. Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English lordly, lordely, lordliche, equivalent to lord +‎ -ly (forming adverbs). ==== Adverb ==== lordly (comparative lordlier, superlative lordliest) In the manner of a lord. Showing command or nobility. 1891, Sir Edwin Arnold, The Light of the World: Or, The Great Consummation,[1] Book I — “Mary Magdalene”, Funk & Wagnalls, page 56, […] / And Herod's painted pinnaces, ablaze / With lamps, and brazen shields and spangled slaves, / Came and went lordly at Tiberias; / […] === Anagrams === drolly == Middle English == === Alternative forms === lordeliche, lordely, lordli, lordlich, lordliche, lordlyche, loverdlich === Etymology === From Old English hlāfordlīċ; equivalent to lord +‎ -ly (adjectival suffix). The adverb is from the adjective. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlɔːrdliː/, /-lit͡ʃ(ə)/ === Adjective === lordly lordly (related to or appropriate for a lord) (by extension) bold, powerful, proud ==== Descendants ==== English: lordly ==== References ==== “lōrdlī, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Adverb === lordly lordly (like a lord) (by extension) mightily, richly, proudly ==== Descendants ==== English: lordly ==== References ==== “lōrdlī, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.