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loftiest

loftiest is the superlative form of lofty.

Meaning of lofty

Adjective

lofty (comparative loftier, superlative loftiest)

  1. High, tall, having great height or stature.
    • The lofty mountains roſe faint to the ſight and loſt their foreheads in the diſtant ſkies: the little hills, cloathed in darker green and ſkirted with embroidered vales, diſcovered the ſecret haunts of kids and bounding roes.1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page iv
    Synonyms:
    noble, honorable
  2. Idealistic, implying over-optimism.
    • a lofty goal
  3. Extremely proud; arrogant; haughty.
    • that lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers1886, Frederic Harrison, The Choice of Books

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Loftiest is the superlative form of lofty.

Words near loftiest in the dictionary

  1. lofthead
  2. loftheads
  3. Lofthouse
  4. Lofthouses
  5. loftier
  6. loftiest
  7. loftily
  8. Loftin
  9. loftiness
  10. loftinesses
  11. lofting

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