lordly

adj 1: of or befitting a lord; "heir to a lordly fortune"; "of

august lineage" [syn: {august}, {grand}]

2: having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of

those one views as unworthy; "some economists are

disdainful of their colleagues in other social

disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners

were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very

sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my

clothes with a supercilious air"; "shaggy supercilious

camels"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer

[syn: {disdainful}, {haughty}, {prideful}, {sniffy}, {supercilious},

{swaggering}]