(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