loftily
adv 2
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2VERB + LOFTILY
asked, said
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into, out
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adv
1
To a great height.
[…] trees, most of them bearing blossom or fruit, rose loftily into the air, and extended their broad leaves like parasols to the sun.
2
With affectation of grandness.
"I should never dream of calling a kid like you a woman," said Digory loftily.
"Can you play the violin?" asked Rosemary loftily, out of a chumbling refined mouth.
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[…] trees, most of them bearing blossom or fruit, rose loftily into the air, and extended their broad leaves like parasols to the sun.
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"I should never dream of calling a kid like you a woman," said Digory loftily.
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"Can you play the violin?" asked Rosemary loftily, out of a chumbling refined mouth.
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