Lord"li*ness (?), n. [From Lordly.] The state or quality of being
lordly. Shak.
Lord"ling (?), n. [Lord + - ling.] A little or insignificant lord.
Goldsmith.
Lord"ly, a. [Compar. Lordlier (?); superl. Lordliest.] [Lord + -ly. Cf.
Lordlike.] 1. Suitable for a lord; of or pertaining to a lord;
resembling a lord; hence, grand; noble; dignified; honorable.
She brought forth butter in a lordly dish.
Judges v. 25.
Lordly sins require lordly estates to support them.
South.
The maidens gathered strength and grace And presence, lordlier than
before.
Tennyson.