lordly
part of speech
adjective (lordlier, lordliest)
meaning for a pupil
Lordly means grand, proud and splendid, as a lord would be. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means fit for a noble. In Judges it describes the fine bowl Jael brought to Sisera. Interpretation: It is part of Deborah's song. The grand bowl is read as a kind trick that made Sisera feel safe before Jael struck. In the primary lessons: in stories, a lordly king or husband, rich and proud
examples
- Water he asked, milk she gave him; in a lordly bowl she brought him curd. (Prophets JDG.5.25, JPS 1917) tree →
- The lordly king sat on a golden throne. tree →
- She married a lordly prince. tree →
- The lordly oak towered over the forest. tree →
note
nothing for maths.
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «lordly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.