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Lordliness Moderate

Origin: Germanic Old English suffix

Lordliness has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

formality in bearing and appearance

"he behaved with great dignity"

2

overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors

3

The property of being lordly; the bearing or manner of a lord.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
bearing pride
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
condescension contemptuousness hubris imperiousness superiority snobbery
Rhyming Words
ess 1ess ress ness tess hess kess wess jess fess yess sess less bess cess mess guess 1aess gless cress
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