lofty
part of speech
adjective (lofty, loftier, loftiest)
meaning for a pupil
1) Very high or tall: lofty mountains. tree →
2) Very grand, noble or ambitious: lofty ideas. tree →
3) Proud and acting as if better than others: a lofty manner. tree →
4) (Australia, slang) A joking nickname for a very tall person, or sometimes for a short one. tree →
sense in the lessons
In stories and poems, «lofty» describes tall towers, trees and mountains, or a character with big dreams. It can also tell the reader a character is snobbish. In Australia and the UK «Lofty» is a jokey nickname. Phrases: lofty ambitions, lofty heights, lofty goals.
examples
- The castle had lofty towers. tree →
- Eagles nest on lofty cliffs. tree →
- She has lofty dreams of becoming an astronaut. tree →
- He spoke in a lofty way, as if he knew everything. tree →
- The lofty pine trees blocked out the sun. tree →
- His nickname at school was Lofty because he was so tall. tree →
- Their lofty plans did not work in real life. tree →
- The church had a lofty ceiling. tree →
- The houses stood there, so lofty, so close! tree →
note
Comparative: loftier, loftiest (y to i). Mostly a written, slightly old-fashioned word; in speech say «tall», «high» or «big». Related noun: loft (a room under the roof).
In the corpora
- God who brought them forth out of Egypt is for them like the lofty horns of the wild-ox.
- And upon every lofty tower, and upon every fortified wall;
- And man is bowed down, and man is humbled, and the eyes of the lofty are humbled;
- The earth fainteth and fadeth away, the world faileth and fadeth away, the lofty people of the earth do fail.
- Upon a high and lofty mountain hast thou set thy bed; thither also wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «lofty» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.