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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 mannerplay

  Familiarity information: LOFTILY used as an adverb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LOFTILY (adverb)


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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