LOFTY


Meaning of LOFTY in English

(loftier, loftiest)

1.

A ~ ideal or ambition is noble, important, and admirable.

It was a bank that started out with grand ideas and ~ ideals...

ADJ: usu ADJ n

2.

A ~ building or room is very high. (FORMAL)

...a light, ~ apartment in the suburbs of Salzburg...

ADJ: usu ADJ n

3.

If you say that someone behaves in a ~ way, you are critical of them for behaving in a proud and rather unpleasant way, as if they think they are very important.

...the ~ disdain he often expresses for his profession.

...~ contempt.

ADJ: usu ADJ n disapproval

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