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LOFTILY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does loftily mean?
• LOFTILY (adverb)
The adverb LOFTILY has 1 sense:
1. in a lofty manner
Familiarity information: LOFTILY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a lofty manner
Context example:
she bore herself loftily
Pertainym:
lofty (of imposing height; especially standing out above others)
Context examples
“Not at all,” I said, loftily.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Never had he so loftily framed a lofty thought.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
“You may place considerable confidence in Mr. Holmes, sir,” said the police agent loftily.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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