Meaning of LORDLINESS
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- [n] overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
- [n] formality in bearing and appearance; "he behaved with great dignity"
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| | Synonyms: | | arrogance, dignity, gravitas, haughtiness, highhandedness |
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| | See Also: | | bearing, comportment, condescension, disdainfulness, domineeringness, hubris, imperiousness, mien, overbearingness, presence, pride, snobbery, snobbishness, superciliousness, superiority | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Lord"li*ness\, n. [From {Lordly}.]
The state or quality of being lordly. --Shak.
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| | Related Terms: | | arbitrariness, augustness, authoritarianism, authoritativeness, autocraticalness, bossism, courtliness, dignifiedness, dignity, domineering, domineeringness, elitism, grandeur, gravity, high-and-mightiness, imperativeness, imperiousness, kingliness, loftiness, magisterialness, magistrality, majesty, masterfulness, nobility, overbearance, overbearing, overbearingness, peremptoriness, pride of bearing, pride of place, princeliness, proud bearing, regality, sedateness, sobriety, solemnity, stateliness, tyrannicalness, venerability, worthiness |
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