LORDLINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lordliness mean? 

• LORDLINESS (noun)
  The noun LORDLINESS has 2 senses:

1. formality in bearing and appearance

2. overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors

  Familiarity information: LORDLINESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LORDLINESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Formality in bearing and appearance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

dignity; gravitas; lordliness

Context example:

he behaved with great dignity

Hypernyms ("lordliness" is a kind of...):

bearing; comportment; mien; presence (dignified manner or conduct)

Derivation:

lordly (of or befitting a lord)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

arrogance; haughtiness; hauteur; high-handedness; lordliness

Hypernyms ("lordliness" is a kind of...):

pride; superbia (unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lordliness"):

condescension; disdainfulness; superciliousness (the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior)

contemptuousness (the manifestation of scorn and contempt)

hubris (overbearing pride or presumption)

domineeringness; imperiousness; overbearingness (the trait of being imperious and overbearing)

superiority (displaying a sense of being better than others)

snobbery; snobbishness; snobbism (the trait of condescending to those of lower social status)

Derivation:

lordly (having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy)

 Context examples 

I really feel like a dissipated London fine lady, writing here so late, with my room full of pretty things, and my head a jumble of parks, theaters, new gowns, and gallant creatures who say Ah! and twirl their blond mustaches with the true English lordliness.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)