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Keep "lordly" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
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15 total sentences available.
The only evidence of the once stately pile of Castra Regis and its inhabitants was a shapeless huddle of shattered architecture, dimly seen as the keen breeze swept aside the cloud of acrid smoke which marked the site of the once lordly castle.
Source: tatoeba (11570813)
Show us your lordly might: demonstrate that you can order people and get them to obey.
Source: wiktionary
But they are the peers of the Queensland Parliament, and, having no lordly robes, must approach the Old Country model as closely as possible.
Source: wiktionary
[I]n that some form of duty and sacrifice (here, participation in the 1848 Revolution and a recognition of his lordly duty) is not only beneficially character-forming but also leads ultimately to a condition which is 'sublime'.
Source: wiktionary
Showing 4 of 15 available sentences.
Closest matches include haughty, absolute, absolutist, absolutistic, affected.
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