aloft

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adverb at or on or to the masthead or upper rigging of a ship
  2. adverb upward
  3. adverb at or to great height; high up in or into the air

Etymology

From Old Norse á lopti (“in the sky”); equivalent to a- + loft.

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