Lord″ly, a. [Compar.Lordlier (?); superl.Lordliest.] [Lord + -ly. Cf. Lordlike.] 1. Suitable for a lord; of or pertaining to a lord; resembling a lord; hence, grand; noble; dignified; honorable.
She brought forth butter in a lordly dish. Judges v. 25.
Lordly sins require lordly estates to support them. South.
The maidens gathered strength and grace
And presence, lordlier than before. Tennyson.
2. Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.
Lords are lordliest in their wine. Milton.
Syn. — Imperious; haughty; overbearing; tyrannical; despotic; domineering; arrogant. See Imperious.