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Webster 1913 Edition
Lofty
1.
Lifted high up; having great height; towering; high.
See
lofty
Lebanon his head advance. Pope.
2.
Fig.: Elevated in character, rank, dignity, spirit, bearing, language, etc.; exalted; noble; stately; characterized by pride; haughty.
The high and
lofty
One, that inhabiteth eternity. Is. lvii. 15.
Lofty
and sour to them that loved him notShakespeare
Syn. – Tall; high; exalted; dignified; stately; majestic; sublime; proud; haughty. See
Tall
. Webster 1828 Edition
Lofty
LOFTY
, a.1.
Elevated in place; high; as a lofty tower; a lofty mountain. [But it expresses more than high, or at least is more emphatical, poetical and elegant.]See lofty Lebanon his head advance.
2.
Elevated in condition or character.Thus saith the high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy - Is. 57.
3.
Proud; haughty; as lofty looks. Is. 2.4.
Elevated in sentiment or diction; sublime; as lofty strains; lofty rhyme.5.
Stately; dignified; as lofty steps.Definition 2024
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English
Adjective
lofty (comparative loftier, superlative loftiest)
- high, tall, having great height or stature
- a lofty bed
- idealistic, implying over-optimism
- a lofty goal
- 2013, Delme Parfitt in Wales Online, Cardiff City 1 - 0 Swansea City: Steven Caulker heads Bluebirds to South Wales derby win (3 November 2013)
- A goal from Steven Caulker, just after the hour mark, was enough to hand victory to Malky Mackay's men, with Swansea falling some way short of the lofty standards they have set previously at this level.
- extremely proud; arrogant; haughty
- F. Harrison
- that lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers
- F. Harrison
Translations
high, having great height or stature
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idealistic
extremely proud
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