What does the word lofty mean?
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Loftiness.
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Loftily.
Part of speech: noun
Part of speech: adverb
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Usage examples for lofty
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From our lofty position on the heights the whole country beyond the Tugela was spread like a map. – London to Ladysmith via Pretoria by Winston Spencer Churchill
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Whether she would sacrifice her pride of family- twist it into a lofty pride of duty- he did not know. – The Lookout Man by B. M. Bower
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When he came up to them Nettie was talking low, and the curate's lofty head was bent to hear her in a manner which, it is probable, Lucy Wodehouse would no more have admired than Edward Rider. – The Doctor's Family by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant