lofty

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style; ; - Oliver Franks
adjective of imposing height; especially standing out above others
adjective having or displaying great dignity or nobility

From Middle English lofty, lofti, lofte (“of high rank; noble; ornate”), equivalent to loft (“sky, firmament; upper room”) + -y.

Luzhin smiled with lofty sarcasm. — Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Is not that a perfect and lofty love? — Four Arthurian Romances, de Troyes, active 12th century Chrétien
The sun had set behind the lofty Tour-de-Nesle. — Notre-Dame de Paris, Victor Hugo

exalted, elevated, sublime, grand, high-flown, high-minded, rarefied, rarified, idealistic, noble-minded

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