Dictionary entry

Lofty

Pronunciation: /ˈlɒfti/

Pronunciation

/ˈlɒfti/

Myanmar Meaning

(adj) (fml) အလွန်မြင့်သော။

Definition

lofty / 'lɒfti; US 'lↄ:fti / adj ( -ier, -iest ) ၁။ ( fml ) အလြန္ျမင့္ေသာ။ lofty ceilings / rooms. ၂။ (approv) ျမင့္ျမတ္ေသာ။ lofty ideals / principles. ၃။ ( derog ) ဘဝင္ျမင့္ေသာ။ ေမာက္မာ ေသာ။ ေထာင္လႊားေသာ။ treat sb with lofty disdain. ❏ loftily / -Çli / adv ဟိတ္ဟန္ႀကီးႏွင့္။ ‘I am well aware of that,’ he declared loftily. loftiness n [U]

Examples

  1. The town hall’s lofty tower dates from the fourteenth century.
  2. Few people can meet his lofty standards.
  3. Lofty ideals/ambitions