Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Lordly \Lord"ly\, a. [Compar. {Lordlier}; superl. {Lordliest}.]
   [Lord + -ly. Cf. {Lordlike}.]
   1. Suitable for a lord; of or pertaining to a lord;
      resembling a lord; hence, grand; noble; dignified;
      honorable.

            She brought forth butter in a lordly dish. --Judges
                                                  v. 25.

            Lordly sins require lordly estates to support them.
                                                  --South.

            The maidens gathered strength and grace And
            presence, lordlier than before.       --Tennyson.

   2. Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.

            Lords are lordliest in their wine.    --Milton.

   Syn: Imperious; haughty; overbearing; tyrannical; despotic;
        domineering; arrogant. See {Imperious}.

Source : WordNet®

lordly
     adj 1: of or befitting a lord; "heir to a lordly fortune"; "of
            august lineage" [syn: {august}, {grand}]
     2: having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of
        those one views as unworthy; "some economists are
        disdainful of their colleagues in other social
        disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners
        were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very
        sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my
        clothes with a supercilious air"; "shaggy supercilious
        camels"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer
        [syn: {disdainful}, {haughty}, {prideful}, {sniffy}, {supercilious},
         {swaggering}]
     [also: {lordliest}, {lordlier}]

lordliest
     See {lordly}