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Adjective: lordly (lordlier,lordliest)  lord-lee
  1. Of or befitting a lord
    "heir to a lordly fortune"
    - august, grand
     
  2. Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
    "his lordly manners were offensive"
    - disdainful, haughty, imperious, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering

Derived forms: lordliest, lordlier

See also: Lord, lordliness, noble, proud