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Meaning of "loftiness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LOFTINESS

loftiness  [ˈlɒftɪnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LOFTINESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Loftiness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LOFTINESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of loftiness in the English dictionary

The first definition of loftiness in the dictionary is great height. Other definition of loftiness is nobility. Loftiness is also haughtiness.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LOFTINESS


craftiness
ˈkrɑːftɪnɪs
dirtiness
ˈdɜːtɪnɪs
draftiness
ˈdræftɪnɪs
draughtiness
ˈdrɑːftɪnɪs
guiltiness
ˈɡɪltɪnɪs
haughtiness
ˈhɔːtɪnɪs
heartiness
ˈhɑːtɪnɪs
lustiness
ˈlʌstɪnɪs
mightiness
ˈmaɪtɪnɪs
mustiness
ˈmʌstɪnɪs
nastiness
ˈnɑːstɪnɪs
naughtiness
ˈnɔːtɪnɪs
pettiness
ˈpɛtɪnɪs
prettiness
ˈprɪtɪnɪs
shiftiness
ˈʃɪftɪnɪs
sportiness
ˈspɔːtɪnɪs
tastiness
ˈteɪstɪnɪs
thriftiness
ˈθrɪftɪnɪs
wittiness
ˈwɪtɪnɪs
yeastiness
ˈjiːstɪnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LOFTINESS

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE LOFTINESS

agribusiness
big business
bulkiness
business
cleanliness
cleanliness is next to godliness
comeliness
dizziness
do the business
e-business
emptiness
family business
fitness
friendliness
happiness
holiness
laziness
loneliness
loveliness
readiness
timeliness

Synonyms and antonyms of loftiness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «loftiness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LOFTINESS

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

Translator English - Chinese

崇高
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

excelsitud
570 millions of speakers

English

loftiness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

loftiness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رواق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

возвышенность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

loftiness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঔদার্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hauteur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kemuliaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Erhabenheit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

孤高
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

고미 다락에 저장함
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Loftiness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cao độ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மேன்மையினைச்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उदात्तीकरण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

azamet
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

altezza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wzniosłość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

височина
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

noblețe
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μεγαλοπρέπεια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hoogheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

loftiness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

loftiness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of loftiness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LOFTINESS»

The term «loftiness» is regularly used and occupies the 104.979 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LOFTINESS» OVER TIME

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

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2 QUOTES WITH «LOFTINESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word loftiness.
1
Artur Davis
This week you will nominate the most experienced executive to seek the presidency in 60 years in Mitt Romney. He has no illusions about what makes America great, and he doesn't confuse the presidency with celebrity, or loftiness with leadership.
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Artur Davis
We have a country to turn around. This week you will nominate the most experienced executive to seek the presidency in 60 years in Mitt Romney. He has no illusions about what makes America great, and he doesn't confuse the presidency with celebrity, or loftiness with leadership.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOFTINESS»

Discover the use of loftiness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to loftiness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Kierkegaard and the Bible
Finally, the crowning lesson of the sky's creatures is to live loftily in the Christian sense.106 Loftiness here is essentially different from pride, for it has an unequivocally spiritual connotation. The apologist Kierkegaard writes that, doctrinally ...
Lee C. Barrett, Jon Bartley Stewart, 2010
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Kierkegaard's Kenotic Christology
David R. Law. PC, 238). The only way of coming into a relationship with such an abased figure is by imitation. But why should anyone even consider imitating such a lowly and abased person? It is here that Christ's loftiness becomes important.
David R. Law, 2013
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The European Magazine, and London Review
When Dryden, therefore, informs us, that Homer excelled in loftiness, and Virgil in majesty, we know nothing of the poetic excellence of either, because loftiness and majesty belong as much to prose as to poetry. Of this, instances without ...
‎1822
4
The Concept of Sainthood in Early Islamic Mysticism: Two ...
He replied: The loftiness of God which cannot be separated from God, and so when He causes it to appear in the breast of the Friends of God who hear supernatural speech and the light of loftiness shines forth in the breast, their hearts attach ...
John O'Kane, Bernd Radtke, 2013
5
Kierkegaard's Late Writings
It is here that Christ s loftiness plays a role, for it is what draws the human being to Christ. Anti-Climacus explains Christ s role as prototype in terms of a dialectic of lowliness and loftiness, which he describes in spatial terms: Why, then, this ...
Niels Ja Rgen Cappela Rn, Hermann Deuser, K. Brian Söderquist, 2010
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Living Christianly: Kierkegaard's Dialectic of Christian ...
Neither lowliness nor loftiness in itself is offensive. Only the person who senses that Christ is not what he immediately is, that is, simply and only a lowly human being, experiences the possibility of offense and faith. But the possibility of offense ...
Sylvia Walsh, 2007
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The Essential Kierkegaard
If Christ exists for us only in loftiness, if his abasement is forgotten or if he had never existed in lowliness, then in that case not even Christ himself, in order to be self-consistent, could require anything but admirers, adoring admirers, since ...
Howard V. Hong, Søren Kierkegaard, Edna H. Hong, 2013
8
Synonyms Discriminated: A Dictionary of Synonymous Words in ...
Loftiness. Hatjoh- TINESS. Dignitv (Lat. dignitatem) is used in the different senses of excellence or importance, high station, and loftiness of demeanour. In this latter sense it is the honourable mean of which the others are vicious extremes.
Charles John Smith, 1910
9
Values of Our Times: Contemporary Axiological Research in China
Loftiness is to break away from the natural desire and materials and transcend them in the negative sense, while in the positive sense, humanity can not only set up rules, but also obey rules and act according to responsibility. Thus, the ...
Deshun Li, 2013
10
The Feats of the Knowers of God: Manāqeb Al-ʻārefīn
Each one of them was killing himself seeking after loftiness and a cause for superiority. Mowlana said: 'Loftiness is what is on the side of God, not on the side of the world and creation. The loftiness of the world is there so it may fall down.
Shams al-Dīn Aḥmad Aflākī, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LOFTINESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term loftiness is used in the context of the following news items.
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CBCP's Villegas on same-sex unions: 'A tragic error to humanity'
... complementarity of the sexes and the mutual fulfillment that the union of a man and a woman bring into the loftiness of the matrimonial bond.". «GMA News, Jul 15»
2
Ashes 2015: Australia make giant strides back into the contest
Instead, what was witnessed at Cardiff was good, disciplined cricket thwarting Australian loftiness, and the tourists facing tougher challenges ... «Cricket Country, Jul 15»
3
Rivers Polls: Tribunal Dismisses Suit Against PDP …Says Dawari …
In the loftiness of its wisdom and in strict compliance with the provisions of the Electoral Act, the tribunal, in dismissing the suit, said that in the ... «The Tide, Jul 15»
4
Tiger Woods Is Now Merely Average, as Improved Play at …
Perhaps it's the loftiness of Woods-related expectations when the golfer was winning three straight U.S. Amateurs, the magnitude of his ... «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
5
Murdered, But Far From Forgotten
... “Everything became mixed in a jumble: pain over the loss of the sons together with Operation Protective Edge, the loftiness of unity among the people. «Arutz Sheva, Jul 15»
6
Ambassador Le Yucheng: A Ground Paving Mission for Yatris
Deeply impressed by the breathtaking serenity of Manasarover and the loftiness of Kailash, we were intoxicated and totally indulged. Right on ... «MFA China, Jul 15»
7
The Classical Music Network
A protégé to César Franck, it's no surprise to hear the same degree of loftiness in Dubois' own Panis angelicus. Hervé Niquet manages this ... «ConcertoNet, Jul 15»
8
Londoner's Diary: Team Fortress, the answer to Greek prayers
The French are best known for two things: fashion and loftiness. Anne Hidalgo, pictured, the Mayor of Paris who has called London a suburb of ... «Evening Standard, Jul 15»
9
My daughter is small but that doesn't matter
... we bemoan our shortarsedness (yes, it's a new word), our loftiness, the muffin top rolling over the jeans, the mum-gut, the pregnancy weight, ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jun 15»
10
Mercado: Same Sex, Same Same
Sex between gays which is mainly for recreation and entertainment lacks the "loftiness of the matrimonial bond." So chupa-tsupa-tsup is ... «Sun.Star, Jun 15»

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