Usually means: High, elevated in status, idealistic.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. lofty: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. lofty: Merriam-Webster
  3. lofty: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. lofty: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. lofty: Collins English Dictionary
  6. lofty: Vocabulary.com
  7. Lofty, lofty: Wordnik
  8. lofty: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Lofty, lofty: Wiktionary
  10. lofty: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. lofty: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. lofty: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Lofty, lofty: Dictionary.com
  14. lofty: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Lofty: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. lofty: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. lofty: Rhymezone
  18. Lofty: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. lofty: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. Lofty: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  21. lofty: FreeDictionary.org
  22. lofty: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. lofty: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. lofty: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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  1. lofty: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lofty: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. lofty: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. lofty: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Lofty)

▸ adjective:  High, tall, having great height or stature.
▸ adjective:  Idealistic, implying over-optimism.
▸ adjective:  Extremely proud; arrogant; haughty.
▸ noun:  (informal) nickname for a tall (usually male) person

Similar:
majestic, towering, high-flown, impressive, high-minded, exalted, gallant, proud, eminent, high, more...

Opposite:
low, humble, modest, unpretentious

Types:
lofty-minded, lofty-mindedness, more...

Phrases:
Mount Lofty Ranges, Mount Lofty, Lofty Wiseman, lofty stories, lofty goal, more...

Adjectives:
wise, fair, main, old, unlucky, mount, good, past, late

Colors:
    sky blue,     ivory,     silver,     pearl,     lavender, more...



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Similar:
majestic, towering, high-flown, impressive, high-minded, exalted, gallant, proud, eminent, high, more...

Opposite:
low, humble, modest, unpretentious

Types:
lofty-minded, lofty-mindedness, more...

Phrases:
Mount Lofty Ranges, Mount Lofty, Lofty Wiseman, lofty stories, lofty goal, lofty speech, most lofty, one who has lofty ambitions, lofty level, nurses lofty hopes, set lofty life goals, lofty levels, more...

Adjectives:
wise, fair, main, old, unlucky, mount, good, past, late

Colors:
    sky blue,     ivory,     silver,     pearl,     lavender, more...



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