loftily

1. 1.

   in a lofty manner

   “she bore herself loftily”

Questions about loftily

What does loftily mean?

loftily means "in a lofty manner".

How many syllables are in loftily?

loftily has 3 syllables and divides as lof-ti-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is loftily a common word?

loftily is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.