lordliness

Other forms of lordliness

plural

lordlinesses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lordliness

What does lordliness mean?

lordliness means "formality in bearing and appearance". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lordliness?

lordliness has 3 syllables: lord-li-ness. The stress falls on "lord".

What is another word for lordliness?

Close synonyms include dignity, gravitas, arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lordliness a common word?

lordliness 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.