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Webster 1913 Edition


Lofty

Loft′y

,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Loftier
;
sup
erl.
Loftiest
.]
[From
Loft
.]
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 not
Shakespeare
.
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


Lofty

Lofty

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English

Proper noun

Lofty

  1. (informal) nickname for a tall (usually male) person

lofty

lofty

See also: Lofty

English

Adjective

lofty (comparative loftier, superlative loftiest)

  1. high, tall, having great height or stature
    • 1862, George Borrow, chapter 98, in Wild Wales:
      On my left was a river, which came roaring down from a range of lofty mountains right before me to the south-east.
    a lofty bed
  2. 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.
  3. extremely proud; arrogant; haughty
    • F. Harrison
      that lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers

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