Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "loftily" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF LOFTILY

loftily  [ˈlɒftɪlɪ] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LOFTILY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Loftily is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES LOFTILY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of loftily in the English dictionary

The definition of loftily in the dictionary is haughtily.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LOFTILY


Chantilly
ʃænˈtɪlɪ
craftily
ˈkrɑːftɪlɪ
draftily
ˈdrɑːftɪlɪ
draughtily
ˈdrɑːftɪlɪ
guiltily
ˈɡɪltɪlɪ
hastily
ˈheɪstɪlɪ
haughtily
ˈhɔːtɪlɪ
heartily
ˈhɑːtɪlɪ
heftily
ˈhɛftɪlɪ
mightily
ˈmaɪtɪlɪ
naughtily
ˈnɔːtɪlɪ
niftily
ˈnɪftɪlɪ
scantily
ˈskæntɪlɪ
shiftily
ˈʃɪftɪlɪ
thriftily
ˈθrɪftɪlɪ
Tilley
ˈtɪlɪ
Tilly
ˈtɪlɪ
toploftily
ˌtɒpˈlɒftɪlɪ
tuftily
ˈtʌftɪlɪ
unthriftily
ʌnˈθrɪftɪlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LOFTILY

loess
loessal
loessial
Loewe
Loewi
loft
loft conversion
lofter
loftier
loftiest
loftiness
loftless
loftlike
loftsman
loftsmen
lofty
log
log cabin
log chip
log file

WORDS THAT END LIKE LOFTILY

beastily
cattily
daintily
dirtily
emptily
frostily
jauntily
lustily
meatily
mustily
nattily
prettily
smuttily
tastily
tattily
testily
thirstily
throatily
weightily
wittily

Synonyms and antonyms of loftily in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «loftily» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF LOFTILY

Find out the translation of loftily to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of loftily from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «loftily» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

高雅
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

altanería
570 millions of speakers

English

loftily
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

loftily
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بتعال
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

возвышенно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

loftily
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উদ্ধত ভঙ্গিতে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hautainement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tinggi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hochmütig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

高慢に
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

loftily
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Loftily
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

loftily
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

loftily
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मंद
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Loftily
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

altezzosamente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

górnolotnie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

піднесено
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

semeț
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αγέρωχα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

uit die hoogte
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

högdraget
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

loftily
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of loftily

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LOFTILY»

The term «loftily» is normally little used and occupies the 113.485 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Little used
47
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «loftily» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of loftily
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «loftily».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LOFTILY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «loftily» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «loftily» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about loftily

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOFTILY»

Discover the use of loftily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to loftily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The History of al-Tabari Vol. 1: General Introduction and ...
The smoke rose above the water and [50] hovered loftily over it. He therefore called it "heaven."360 Then He dried out the water, and thus made it one earth. He split it and made it into seven earths on Sunday and Monday. He created the earth ...
Ṭabarī, 1989
2
Minds and Bodies : Philosophers and Their Ideas: ...
Russell: Loftily. Earthy. and. Earthily. Lofty . . . The Life of Bertrand Russell by Ronald W. Clark Jonathan Cape and Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1975 This first full-scale, sedulously researched and copiously documented biography of Russell ...
Colin McGinn Professor of Philosophy Rutgers University, 1997
3
The Mary Frances Cook Book: Adventures Among the Kitchen People
"I was speaking of the best way," declared Sauce Pan glancing loftily at Mary Frances. "There is no end of ways to do it, but this is the scientific way to cook eggs so that they will be soft, but cooked all the way through and easily digested — not ...
Jane Eayre Fryer, 2004
4
The Homiletic Review
Other teachers taught more loftily than they did. Jesus did as loftily as He taught. Tho Jesus had been subjected to the cruelty and shame of crucifixion, yet He did as loftily as He taught. So Jesus is the utmost example of righteousness. lt is ...
‎1903
5
Dream Life: Fable of the Seasons
In the prouder moments that come when you are more a man and less a boy — with more of strategy and less of faith — your thought of woman runs loftily ; not loftily in the realm of virtue or goodness, but loftily on your new world-scale.
Ik Marvel, 1875
6
Harper's Magazine
SAID ELIZA, LOFTILY. AT LENGTH. "THEM AIN'T MY WADDINGTONSI" I'd go there this very day. I expect they want to see me dreadful bad." "Shall I ask Mr. Brown to hunt them up for you, Eliza ?” I inquired. “Oh, thank you very .kindly, ma' am, ...
Henry Mills Alden, Lee Foster Hartman, Frederick Lewis Allen, 1914
7
Dramatists of the Restoration: John Crowne
If you will rise high in ladies' favours here you must rise high in dancing, that is to say, dance loftily. Sir Man. Oh, I can dance very loftily. B0o. The country says, his Worship carries himself too loftily. La. Fad. Make an essay of a lofty dance.
William Hugh Logan, 1874
8
The screw-fleet of the navy
Now the Screw-ship in order to carry her machinery low, is necessarily constructed with a fulness, instead of a fineness, of underform ; but if we also compel her to carry her canvass loftily, we shall then require the increased beam also which is ...
Edward Pellew Halsted, 1850
9
Dream-life: A Fable of the Seasons
In the prouder moments that come, when you are more a man, and less a boy — with more of strategy and less of faith — your thought of woman runs loftily : not loftily in the realm of virtue or goodness, but loftily on your new world-scale.
Donald Grant Mitchell, 1893
10
Homiletic Review: An International Magazine of Religion, ...
Other teachers taught more loftily than they did. Jesus did as loftily as Ho taught. Tho Jesus had been subjected to the cruelty and shame of crucifixion, yet He did as loftily ns He taught. So Jesus is the utmost example of righteousness.
‎1903

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LOFTILY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term loftily is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Grimm gets a scolding as well as jail time (commentary)
In other words: The judge was going to hold Grimm to that higher standard that the former lawmaker has always talked so loftily about. You can ... «SILive.com, Jul 15»
2
101 things we love about Tunbridge Wells
Tunbridge Wells' own St Paul's, towering loftily over the modern Wetherspoon's pub and town centre down below. Sometimes, real opera ... «Kent and Sussex Courier, Jul 15»
3
Too gynecological to be sexy Case File #40: The Counselor
As its God, McCarthy has ordained that all of his characters should talk in the same loftily philosophical, portentous voice. Early in the film, the ... «A.V. Club, Jul 15»
4
Sturgeon should take a lead from Cameron and get on with the day job
A point scored here and there by backing a moribund opposition is not the "progressive alliance" she loftily spouts and it is not going to change the character of ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
5
Surprise! - Not
At the start of the Coalition Government, Cameron loftily announced that he would be presiding over "the greenest Government ever". Well, we ... «Builders Merchants Journal, Jul 15»
6
SI Vault: So Long, USFL—Now What? Stars off to NFL, others in limbo
Bill Tobin, the Chicago Bears' personnel director, said loftily, “We might get somebody who could be our 44th or 45th player. There aren't many ... «SI.com, Jul 15»
7
Where Have All the Workers Gone?
The BLS loftily describes many of these people as "discouraged workers" who are no longer seeking gainful employment. I have long been ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
8
Pro Pointers: Can you handle the moment of truth?
They had forgotten to tell me that the pin expires if not used for a period, but the arrogant customer service person instead loftily argued (at a ... «Bangalore Mirror, Jul 15»
9
Re A and B (Children) (Surrogacy: Parental Orders: Time Limits …
And "Observably these children feel loved, secure and wanted by the Intended Parents who less loftily they know as their mum and dad." 11. A who as the elder ... «Family Law Week, Jul 15»
10
It behoves us to tread mountains with respect
Mountains, by their very nature, lend themselves to sacred associations — especially to simple sensibilities. They ascend loftily into the ... «mydigitalfc.com, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Loftily [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/loftily>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z