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Very tall or high. Also: Noble in feeling or high in ideals.

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Usage examples (38)
  • Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become.
  • Now, now, you needn't hesitate at taking what I call a lofty salary, for it always was my way to pay down handsome.
  • She had not shown any astonishment at what she called my lofty intellect; she had always believed in it; she had praised it unreasonably.
  • "I don't mean what you mean," said Oswald in lofty scorn.
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