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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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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... of East and West Looe are among the most picturesque on the southern seaboard. The estuary on the sides of which they are situated, is confined between lofty hills whose slopes are covered with allotment gardens and orchards. The bridge that crosses the creek a quarter of a mile from the haven mouth, was erected in 1855, when it displaced a remarkable old bridge of fifteen arches. In the days of the third ...

— The Cornish Riviera • Sidney Heath

... the others close behind them. Jack mounted on Tom Barnum's shoulders. He found the ceiling sloped up to a lofty peak. Running his hands up each slope, he could discern no irregularity. But, suddenly, nearing the top, where the sides drew together, he felt a strong draught of ...

— The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards • Gerald Breckenridge

... resembled one of my native English rivers than those I had hitherto seen in Scotland. It was narrow, deep, still, and silent; although the imperfect light, as it gleamed on its placid waters, showed also that we were now among the lofty mountains which formed its cradle. "That's the Forth," said the Bailie, with an air of reverence, which I have observed the Scotch usually pay to their distinguished rivers. The Clyde, the Tweed, the ...

— Rob Roy, Complete, Illustrated • Sir Walter Scott

... Floods of foam pouring from the high paddle-boxes on either side and reuniting in the wake of the boat left behind a track of dazzling whiteness, over which trailed two dense black banners flung from its lofty smokestacks. ...

— A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories • Bret Harte

... desert beach, Where the white foam was scatter'd, A little shed uprear'd its head, Though lofty barks were shatter'd. The sea-weeds gath'ring near the door, A sombre path display'd; And, all around, the deaf'ning roar Re-echo'd on the chalky shore, By ...

— Apparitions; or, The Mystery of Ghosts, Hobgoblins, and Haunted Houses Developed • Joseph Taylor

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