Lordliness \Lord"li*ness\, n. [From Lordly.]
The state or quality of being lordly. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
lordliness
n 1: formality in bearing and appearance; "he behaved with great
dignity" [syn: dignity, gravitas]
2: overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward
inferiors [syn: arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, highhandedness]
WordNet (r) 2.0
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "lordliness":
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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