loftily

English

Etymology

lofty +‎ -ly

Adverb

loftily (comparative more loftily, superlative most loftily)

  1. To a great height.
    • 1836, Allan Cunningham, Lord Roldan, page 157:
      […] trees, most of them bearing blossom or fruit, rose loftily into the air, and extended their broad leaves like parasols to the sun.
  2. With affectation of grandness.
    • 1955, C. S. Lewis, w:The Magician's Nephew:
      "I should never dream of calling a kid like you a woman," said Digory loftily.
    • 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 475:
      "Can you play the violin?" asked Rosemary loftily, out of a chumbling refined mouth.
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