loftily
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
With affectation of grandness.
Example Sentences
- "[…] trees, most of them bearing blossom or fruit, rose loftily into the air, and extended their broad leaves like parasols to the sun."
- ""I should never dream of calling a kid like you a woman," said Digory loftily."
- ""Can you play the violin?" asked Rosemary loftily, out of a chumbling refined mouth."
Etymology
Inflected Forms
more loftily (comparative)
most loftily (superlative)