loftily.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 the space under the roof of a house, above the ceiling of the top floor; an attic.
2 a room over a stable, esp. for hay and straw.
3 a gallery in a church or hall (organ-loft).
4 US an upstairs room.
5 a pigeon-house.
6 Golf a a backward slope in a club-head. b a lofting stroke.

--v.

tr.
1 a send (a ball etc.) high up. b clear (an obstacle) in this way.
2 (esp. as lofted adj.) give a loft to (a golf club). [OE f. ON lopt air, sky, upper room, f. Gmc (as LIFT)]

loftily.html - n.
a golf club for lofting the ball.

loftily.html - adj.
(loftier, loftiest)
1 literary (of things) of imposing height, towering, soaring (lofty heights).
2 consciously haughty, aloof, or dignified (lofty contempt).
3 exalted or noble; sublime (lofty ideals).

loftily adv. loftiness n. [ME f. LOFT as in aloft]

loftily.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 the space under the roof of a house, above the ceiling of the top floor; an attic.
2 a room over a stable, esp. for hay and straw.
3 a gallery in a church or hall (organ-loft).
4 US an upstairs room.
5 a pigeon-house.
6 Golf a a backward slope in a club-head. b a lofting stroke.

--v.

tr.
1 a send (a ball etc.) high up. b clear (an obstacle) in this way.
2 (esp. as lofted adj.) give a loft to (a golf club). [OE f. ON lopt air, sky, upper room, f. Gmc (as LIFT)]

loftily.html - n.
a golf club for lofting the ball.

loftily.html - adj.
(loftier, loftiest)
1 literary (of things) of imposing height, towering, soaring (lofty heights).
2 consciously haughty, aloof, or dignified (lofty contempt).
3 exalted or noble; sublime (lofty ideals).

loftily adv. loftiness n. [ME f. LOFT as in aloft]