lofty
/ˈlɒfti/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈlɒfti/
lofty
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lof - ty -> lofty
Myanmar meaning
(adj) (fml) အလွန်မြင့်သော။
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lofty / 'lɒfti; US 'lↄ:fti / adj (-ier, -iest )
၁။ (fml ) အလွန်မြင့်သော။ lofty ceilings / rooms.
၂။ (approv) မြင့်မြတ်သော။ lofty ideals / principles.
၃။ (derog ) ဘဝင်မြင့်သော။ မောက်မာ သော။ ထောင်လွှားသော။ treat sb with lofty disdain.
❏ loftily / -Çli / adv ဟိတ်ဟန်ကြီးနှင့်။ ‘I am well aware of that,’ he declared loftily. loftiness n [U]
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haughty, supercilious, superior, disdainful, snooty, condescending, patronizing, arrogant, proud, admirable, aerial, airy, aloof, ambitious, antrorse, arresting, benevolent, big, cavalier, chivalrous, commanding, considerate, dignified, distinguished, elevated, exalted, generous, grand, grandiose, great, high, high-ceilinged, high-minded, high-rise, illustrious, immodest, imposing, insolent, lifted, lordly, magnanimous, majestic, noble, overbearing, pretentious, raised, renowned, sky-high, skyscraping, skyward, soaring, spiring, stately, striking, sublime, superb, tall, towering, upward, utopian, visionary
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