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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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... of the Romans. While central Gaul had submitted to it without resistance, during the campaign of 697 the Belgic, and during that of the following year the maritime, cantons had been compelled by force of arms to acknowledge the Roman rule. The lofty hopes, with which the Celtic patriots had begun the last campaign, had nowhere been fulfilled. Neither Germans nor Britons had come to their aid; and in Belgica the presence of Labienus had sufficed to prevent the renewal of the ...

— The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5) • Theodor Mommsen

... that was a short cut to Edwardstown and led along a low ledge of kopjes commanding a lovely view of the valley which lay between the Mission Station and Zimbabwe's lofty northern mountain, Meryl walked slowly, with a sense of desolation she could neither gauge nor dispel; and over and over through her mind as she looked to the far kopjes passed the lines of England's strong ...

— The Rhodesian • Gertrude Page

... inevitable hour had come, and Adrian felt that it was incumbent upon him to lift the veil and let Elsa see some of the secret of his soul. He had prepared for the event; indeed the tedium of his confinement had been much relieved by the composition of lofty and heart-stirring addresses, in which he, the noble cavalier, laid his precious self and fortune at the feet of this undistinguished, but rich and ...

— Lysbeth - A Tale Of The Dutch • H. Rider Haggard

... like Boreas in the Ballet;" fowling-piece on shoulder, and in his "dressing-gown" withal, which is still stranger; snatches off Bielfeld, unknown till that moment, to sit by him while dressing; and there, with much capering, pirouetting, and indeed almost ground-and-lofty tumbling, for accompaniment, "talks of Horses, Mathematics, Painting, Architecture, Literature, and the Art of War," while he dresses. This gentleman was once Colonel in Friedrich Wilhelm's Army; is now fairly turned of forty, and has been in troubles: we hope he is not LIKE in the ...

— History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. X. (of XXI.) - Frederick The Great--At Reinsberg--1736-1740 • Thomas Carlyle

... in his morning walk that I most frequently met with the veteran. And I can hardly yet look upon the village footpath, overshadowed by the row of lofty elms, without thinking I see his upright form advancing towards me with measured step, and his cane advanced, ready to pay me the military salute—but he is dead, and sleeps with his faithful Janet, under ...

— A Legend of Montrose • Sir Walter Scott

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