loftier 的定义
loft·i·er, loft·i·est.
- extending high in the air; of imposing height; towering: lofty mountains.
- exalted in rank, dignity, or character; eminent.
- elevated in style, tone, or sentiment, as writings or speech.
- arrogantly or condescendingly superior in manner; haughty: to treat someone in a lofty manner.
- Nautical. noting a rig of a sailing ship having extraordinarily high masts.
- thick and resilient.
loftier 近义词
high, elevated
grand, stately
arrogant, high and mighty
更多loftier例句
- As a popular philosopher and self-help evangelizer, he is in the assertion business—the loftier the better.
- Notwithstanding his own loftier goals, it is questionable whether mescaline and LSD gave Huxley the enlightenment he craved.
- But the creators, who graduated from middle school (and beyond), have loftier goals than one might imagine.
- To say that I was the object of a Gore Vidal grudge is to place me in loftier company than I deserve.
- He took a risk by throwing so many punches, coming down from a loftier perch to the trenches where campaigns are won and lost.
- But the learned counsel for the defendant take a somewhat loftier flight still.
- Or if you insist, as you have the right, On spreading your wings for a loftier flight, The moral is—Take care how you light.
- Their faith is mainly in magic and ghosts, but there are traces of a fading and loftier belief.
- Of those loftier roofs that sheltered his manhood, there are also three still to be seen.
- Doubtless he would like his daughter to be my lady, but he might be looking for a loftier title than his son could give her!