-tē, -ti adjective
( -er/-est )
Etymology: Middle English, from loft (I) + -y
1. : having a haughty overbearing manner : characterized by arrogance and pride : supercilious
looked down upon him with the loftiest contempt — Charles Dickens
expected to treat this exhibition with an attitude of lofty scorn — Ralph Linton
2.
a. : elevated in character and spirit : dignified of mien and bearing : elegant of speech : noble , stately
of unquestionable integrity and lofty standards of judgment — Paul Moor
he was handsome, with fine, even features, a lofty brow — Aline B. Saarinen
trees, or the sight of them, excites their minds to lofty thinking — W.F.Hambly
b. : elevated in station or position : superior
the bright bar or kitchen … where the less lofty customers of the house were in the habit of assembling — George Eliot
the insignia of a particularly lofty secret society — Jean Stafford
3. : extending or rising high in the air : having great or imposing height : towering
a lofty perpendicular cliff — E.V.Lucas
a lofty and magnificent spire — Edwin Benson
4. : having full-bodied, firm, and resilient textile fibers
5. : having little practical application or value : esoteric
basic precepts are not lofty abstractions far removed from matters of daily living — D.D.Eisenhower
Synonyms: see high