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top-loftily
top·loft·y
/
ˈtɒpˈlɔf
ti, -ˈlɒf-
/
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[
top
-
lawf
-tee, -
lof
-
]
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adjective
condescending; haughty.
Also,
top·loft·i·cal.
Origin:
1815–25;
top
1
+
lofty
Related forms
top·loft·i·ly,
adverb
top·loft·i·ness,
noun
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toplofty
(ˈtɒpˌlɒftɪ)
—
adj
informal
haughty or pretentious
'toploftily
—
adv
'toploftiness
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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