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n.
A grand or lofty style in speaking or writing; a style that expresses lofty conceptions.
a.
Like the sky, or approaching the sky; lofty; ethereal.
v. t.
Difficult of access; not easy reached; lofty; elevated; high.
superl.
Lifted up; high in place; exalted aloft; uplifted; lofty.
n.
A throne or lofty seat.
v. t.
To walk with a lofty, proud gait, and erect head; to walk with affected dignity.
n.
Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which springs from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object.
superl.
Distinguished by lofty or noble traits; eminent; -- said of persons.
a.
Lofty and precipitous.
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Soaring with wings, or as if with wings; hence, elevated; lofty; sublime.
v. i.
To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower; as, lofty ridges and topping mountains.
a.
Beyond the moon; hence, very lofty.
n.
A leguminous tree (Tamarindus Indica) cultivated both the Indies, and the other tropical countries, for the sake of its shade, and for its fruit. The trunk of the tree is lofty and large, with wide-spreading branches; the flowers are in racemes at the ends of the branches. The leaves are small and finely pinnated.
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A large Asiatic antelope (Budorcas taxicolor) native of the higher parts of the Himalayas and other lofty mountains. Its head and neck resemble those of the ox, and its tail is like that of the goat. Called also budorcas.
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Evincing state or dignity; lofty; majestic; grand; as, statelymanners; a stately gait.
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Lofty of mien; haughty; proud.
v. i.
To rise and overtop other objects; to be lofty or very high; hence, to soar.
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Having no top, or no visble fop; hence, fig.: very lofty; supreme; unequaled.
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Lofty with pride; haughty; dictatorial; overbearing; arrogant; as, a supercilious officer; asupercilious air; supercilious behavior.
superl.
Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage.
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