English to Danish Meaning of lordly - fornemme

Lordly :

fornemme

adjective

herlige, statelige, fornemme, stilfuld, af stor betydning, højt, prangende, masser, rigelig, stor, meget, enorm, høj, ophøjede, forhøjet, antenne, stolt, storsnudet, munter, dominerende, autoritativ, magistrelle, bydende

Lordly :: fornemme

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Definitions of lordly in English

Adjective(1) of or befitting a lord(2) having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy

Examples of lordly in English

(1) The Quakers' peaceable attitude toward the Indians had long ago wrong-footed them not only with the lordly Penn family and its allies but also with many of the common people who settled on the Pennsylvania frontier.(2) Personal ornaments - strap-ends, buckles, brooches, jewellery and the like - suggest that what was true for the lordly classes was true also for the populace as a whole.(3) The lordly jet-set singer was on his first tour for five years, playing what he called ├ö├ç├┐a civilised alternative to Wembley├ö├ç├û.(4) To save his cash increase, he instead bought a two-acre parcel of land in Vancouver Island, near a luxury retirement village, and built himself a castle surrounded by a lordly , spacious, wilderness landscape.(5) What on earth is going through his head as he makes his bizarre and lordly pronouncements from the pulpit every year.(6) Nobody had been left indifferent to the lordly distinction with which the American had guided his orchestra and the soloists through what will probably make history as one of Levine's finest Mahler performances, ever.(7) Even these lordly and dismissive gestures clearly cost him something.(8) Nevertheless, both for the Crown and for its aristocratic vassals, castles remained the real power centres throughout the early Middle Ages, combining the functions of stronghold, lordly residence, and barracks.(9) Above the hearth was a grand portrait of a tall lordly gentleman with dark wavy hair and gentle clear eyes standing besides a young woman with a sweet, pale complexion and sensitive gray eyes.(10) ├ö├ç├┐Contemplating these remains as exhumed from their resting place for unknown ages, we instinctively think of his great and lordly mastery over the beasts,├ö├ç├û he wrote.(11) Between the lines we can read both the appeal of Tao's model to the lordly classes of the sixth century and concern over the difficulties this appeal might pose to the stability of the elite establishment and the state.(12) After all, most of us can feel pretty lordly after a day or two in such majestic alpine surroundings.(13) In 1287 the bishop and the king were suing the townsmen for infringing various traditional lordly rights.(14) Peasants could be the clients or followers of lords too: they could seek to exploit lordly power, not just resist it or evade it.(15) The workers rely on the owner for a fair accounting of wages, and any argument or complaint may result in summary dismissal: banishment from the lordly manor.(16) And it was a lordly thing to give food to anyone who came.

(1) drug lord ::

narkobaron

(2) feudal lord ::

godsejeren

(3) lord-like ::

herre-lignende

(4) land lord ::

jord Herren

(5) lord of lords ::

Herrernes Herre

Synonyms

Adjective

1. august ::

august

2. grand ::

Grand

Antonyms

1. humble ::

ydmyg

2. lowly ::

ydmyg

3. modest ::

beskedne

Different Forms

lordly

Word Example from TV Shows

I've got my Helm of Lordly Might, my Boots of Speed...

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