Definition of "lordly" in English

adjective

1. Of or relating to a lord.

   • Show us your lordly might: demonstrate that you can order people and get them to obey.

2. Having the qualities of a lord; lordlike; noble

3. Appropriate for, or suitable to, a lord; glorious.

4. Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.

adverb

1. In the manner of a lord. Showing command or nobility.

   • 1891, Sir Edwin Arnold, The Light of the World: Or, The Great Consummation, Book I — “Mary Magdalene”, Funk & Wagnalls, page 56, […] / And Herod's painted pinnaces, ablaze / With lamps, and brazen shields and spangled slaves, / Came and went lordly at Tiberias; / […]