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# loftily

«loftily» in Mova's school dictionary: **in a proud, grand way, as if you think you are better…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (no change)

### meaning for a pupil

Loftily means in a proud, grand way, as if you think you are better than others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loftily/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a bird or person who holds the head high and acts as if superior.

### examples

- He held his head up loftily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loftily/#x1)
- The cat walked loftily past the dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loftily/#x2)
- She answered loftily, as if she knew best. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loftily/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [They gush out, they speak arrogancy; all the workers of iniquity bear themselves loftily.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1678/)
- [Behold, God doeth loftily in His power; who is a teacher like Him?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.961/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «loftily» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/loftily/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.