loft·y (lôf t , l f-)adj. loft·i·er, loft·i·est 1. Of imposing height. 2. Elevated in character; exalted. 3. Affecting grandness; pompous. 4. Arrogant; haughty. [Middle English, noble, from loft, upstairs room, sky; see loft.] loft i·ly adv.loft i·ness n. |
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| Noun | 1. | loftiness - the quality of being high or lofty |
| 2. |  loftiness - impressiveness in scale or proportionimpressiveness, magnificence, grandness, richness - splendid or imposing in size or appearance; "the grandness of the architecture"; "impressed by the richness of the flora" |
Translations
loftiness [ˈlɒftɪnɪs] N [of ceiling, mountain, tower] → altura f; [of aim, ideal] → nobleza f, lo elevado; [of person, attitude] → altanería f, altivez f; [of tone] → ampulosidad f, grandilocuencia f
loftiness
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(of tree, mountain) → Höhe f
(of sentiments) → Erhabenheit f; (of prose) → erlesener or gehobener or hochtrabender (pej) → Stil; the loftiness of his ambitions/ideals → seine hochfliegenden Ambitionen/Ideale
(= haughtiness) → Hochmütigkeit f
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