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adjective

Lofty adj. (compar. loftier; superl. loftiest)

Lifted high up; having great height; towering; high. "See lofty Lebanon his head advance."

Fig.: Elevated in character, rank, dignity, spirit, bearing, language, etc.; exalted; noble; stately; characterized by pride; haughty. "The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity." "Lofty and sour to them that loved him not". "Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme."

Synonyms: Tall; high; exalted; dignified; stately; majestic; sublime; proud; haughty. See Tall.

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... the poet, with contentment, was a far richer establishment than the gilded barouche and the dappled grays of childless Mrs. Lofty. Riches are often childless; poverty is often contented. Happiness is a golden spell inwoven with most of our lives at certain times, whether we be rich or poor. The first surprise of the newly-rich comes in the non-discovery of additional happiness. Additional cares and duties come thickly enough. ...

— The Golden Censer - The duties of to-day, the hopes of the future • John McGovern

... the most complete enjoyment of civil liberty. On an occasion so interesting and important in our history, and of such anxious concern to the friends of freedom throughout the world, it is our imperious duty to lay aside all selfish and local considerations and be guided by a lofty spirit of devotion to the great principles on ...

— State of the Union Addresses of Andrew Jackson • Andrew Jackson

... response: important, with other passages, to show how naturally it came to them (i.e. the Hellenes and Xenophon) to give a spiritual application to their rules of bodily and mental training. These things to them are an allegory. The goal is lofty, if not so sublime as St. Paul's or Comte's, the Christians or Positivists (there has been an alteration for the better in the spiritual plane, and Socrates helped to bring it about, I believe), but ceteris paribus, the words of St. Paul are the words of Hystaspas ...

— Cyropaedia - The Education Of Cyrus • Xenophon

... citizens displaying crest or coat-of-arms. What is novel is suggested method of taxation. Differing from the dog-tax, levied at a common rate, it is proposed that our old nobility shall, in this fresh recognition of their lofty estate, be dealt with on a sliding scale. A duke will have his pre-eminence recognised by an exceptionally high rate of taxation. Marquises, earls and a' that will be mulct on a descending scale, till the lowly knight is reached. He will be compensated for comparative obscurity in the glittering ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, July 1, 1914 • Various

... their forefathers. How could they dispense with the carved altar-work?—how, with the pictured windows, where the light of common day was hallowed by being transmitted through the glorified figures of saints?—how, with the lofty roof, imbued, as it must have been, with the prayers that had gone upward for centuries?— how, with the rich peal of the solemn organ, rolling along the aisles, pervading the whole church, and sweeping the soul away on ...

— Main Street - (From: "The Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales") • Nathaniel Hawthorne

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