Adjective: toplofty
Comparison Forms
Synthetic
| Comparative | toploftier |
| Superlative | toploftiest |
Perifrastic
Sample Sentences
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[T]he butler had entered, bearing in a toplofty fashion a huge silver platter, upon which lay a superb salmon, beautifully cooked and garnished. [1897, John Kendrick Bangs, “Unexpected Pomp at the Perkins's”, in Paste Jewels:]
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Britain's Manchester Guardian . . . often irritates politicians with toplofty editorials suggesting that the paper is not only on the side of the angels but right alongside them in heaven. [1956 November 5, “The Press: Change at the Guardian”, in Time, archived from the original on 25 Nov 2010:]
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A more toplofty, chilling man she had never known. [2002, Mary Balogh, No Man's Mistress, →ISBN, page 373:]
Adjectives inflected like toplofty
syrupy,
seemly,
seggsy,
snuffy,
snippy,
snitty,
sniffy,
snotty,
snouty,
snobby,
snoozy,
snooty,
snazzy,
snappy,
snarky,
snarly,
snassy,
snaily,
snacky,
snaggy, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology