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toplofty

/top-lawf-tee, -lof-/US // ˈtɒpˈlɔf ti, -ˈlɒf- //UK // (ˈtɒpˌlɒftɪ) //

凌霄阁,凌云阁,凌云峰,凌云山庄

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : condescending; haughty.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as indisdainful

Examples

  • On the evening of the theater party, Mrs. Toplofty herself stands in the lobby to receive the guests.

  • Her grandmother, who was a Toplofty, made all her grandchildren walk daily across a polished floor with sand-bags on their heads.

  • But all their gay upper works, so toplofty and frail, showed a gleaming white front to the western sun.

  • Mrs. Toplofty asked you to dinner to-night and I accepted for you—hope that was all right.

  • No one, however, has discovered that invitations to Mrs. Toplofty's are any less welcome.