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# lofty

«lofty» in Mova's school dictionary: **Very high or tall: lofty mountains** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (lofty, loftier, loftiest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Very high or tall: lofty mountains. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lofty/#m1)

2) Very grand, noble or ambitious: lofty ideas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lofty/#m2)

3) Proud and acting as if better than others: a lofty manner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lofty/#m3)

4) (Australia, slang) A joking nickname for a very tall person, or sometimes for a short one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lofty/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and poems, «lofty» describes tall towers, trees and mountains, or a character with big dreams. It can also tell the reader a character is snobbish. In Australia and the UK «Lofty» is a jokey nickname. Phrases: lofty ambitions, lofty heights, lofty goals.

### examples

- The castle had lofty towers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lofty/#x1)
- Eagles nest on lofty cliffs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lofty/#x2)
- She has lofty dreams of becoming an astronaut. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lofty/#x3)
- He spoke in a lofty way, as if he knew everything. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lofty/#x4)
- The lofty pine trees blocked out the sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lofty/#x5)
- His nickname at school was Lofty because he was so tall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lofty/#x6)
- Their lofty plans did not work in real life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lofty/#x7)
- The church had a lofty ceiling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lofty/#x8)
- The houses stood there, so lofty, so close! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lofty/#x9)

### note

Comparative: loftier, loftiest (y to i). Mostly a written, slightly old-fashioned word; in speech say «tall», «high» or «big». Related noun: loft (a room under the roof).

### In the corpora

- [God who brought them forth out of Egypt is for them like the lofty horns of the wild-ox.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.858/)
- [And upon every lofty tower, and upon every fortified wall;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.47/)
- [And man is bowed down, and man is humbled, and the eyes of the lofty are humbled;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.105/)
- [The earth fainteth and fadeth away, the world faileth and fadeth away, the lofty people of the earth do fail.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.490/)
- [Upon a high and lofty mountain hast thou set thy bed; thither also wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1239/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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