lofty

IPA: ɫˈɔfti

noun

  • (informal) nickname for a tall (usually male) person

adjective

  • high, tall, having great height or stature
  • idealistic, implying over-optimism
  • extremely proud; arrogant; haughty
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Examples of "lofty" in Sentences

  • In what ways was World War I an attempt to clothe base instincts in lofty purposes?
  • Politics has always been about “I am privileged, you are not” as seen in lofty chambers of Parliament.
  • Now, now, you needn't hesitate at taking what I call a lofty salary, for it always was my way to pay down handsome.
  • Republicans have packaged their bullshit in lofty sounding names for years … about time the Democrats start relabeling it.
  • You will never find such as these on your path if your thoughts remain lofty, if a fine emotion touches your spirit and your body.
  • You will never find such as these on your path, if your thoughts remain lofty, if a fine emotion touches your spirit and your body.
  • She had not shown any astonishment at what she called my lofty intellect; she had always believed in it; she had praised it unreasonably.
  • These are brown shirts, egomaniacs who mask their lust for total domination and the dismantling of democracy in lofty patriotic rhetoric, which has no meaning to them except as a tool to numb the masses, or to manipulate them emotionally.

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