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Definition of toplofty in English: toploftyadjective tɒpˈlɒftiˈtäpˌlôftē US informal Haughty and arrogant. 〈美,非正式〉傲慢的,自大的 toplofty, self-deceiving grandees Example sentencesExamples - However toplofty and idealistic a man may be, he can always rationalize his right to earn money. - Raymond Chandler
- He wrote in an often opaque and always toplofty style and with a specialized vocabulary derived from the social sciences, his sentences gravid with learning and self-importance.
- The first is relatively manageable: Lower the flag on American universalism - not to half-mast, but not as toplofty as it has been flying since the end of the Second World War.
- This was toplofty thinking, but then tall thistles are apt to think tall thought.
- It is impossible to be toplofty about these people.
- So when I say I'm argute, I'm shrewd; an apple-knocker is an ignoramus, lollygagging is laziness, and a toplofty is an arrogant man.
- He wrote in an often opaque and always toplofty style, with a specialized vocabulary derived from the social sciences.
- There's a toplofty headline if ever there was one.
- The writer adopted a toplofty attitude toward his creatures, but he had the intellectual force to transform snobbery into satire.
- Many people I know seem to be somewhat toplofty about visiting the Great Mall - by nature of it being a ‘discount center,’ or, for that matter, visiting any place in Milpitas.
- The printer who sticks to a standard is usually supposed to be arbitrary, autocratic, wilful, conceited, and generally toplofty.
- He wrote once that we ought to stop the ridiculous pretense of calling these toplofty politicians our ‘leaders’; they are in fact our rulers.
- Somehow while a good percentage of free jazzers in other countries appear to specialize in grim faces and toplofty attitudes, the Dutch - like the Italians - are able to add insouciance to their improvisations.
Synonyms arrogant, proud, haughty, conceited, lofty, aloof, disdainful, superior, self-important, supercilious, exclusive Definition of toplofty in US English: toploftyadjectiveˈtäpˌlôftē US informal Haughty and arrogant. 〈美,非正式〉傲慢的,自大的 toplofty, self-deceiving grandees Example sentencesExamples - So when I say I'm argute, I'm shrewd; an apple-knocker is an ignoramus, lollygagging is laziness, and a toplofty is an arrogant man.
- He wrote in an often opaque and always toplofty style, with a specialized vocabulary derived from the social sciences.
- However toplofty and idealistic a man may be, he can always rationalize his right to earn money. - Raymond Chandler
- The printer who sticks to a standard is usually supposed to be arbitrary, autocratic, wilful, conceited, and generally toplofty.
- The writer adopted a toplofty attitude toward his creatures, but he had the intellectual force to transform snobbery into satire.
- Many people I know seem to be somewhat toplofty about visiting the Great Mall - by nature of it being a ‘discount center,’ or, for that matter, visiting any place in Milpitas.
- It is impossible to be toplofty about these people.
- Somehow while a good percentage of free jazzers in other countries appear to specialize in grim faces and toplofty attitudes, the Dutch - like the Italians - are able to add insouciance to their improvisations.
- He wrote in an often opaque and always toplofty style and with a specialized vocabulary derived from the social sciences, his sentences gravid with learning and self-importance.
- There's a toplofty headline if ever there was one.
- He wrote once that we ought to stop the ridiculous pretense of calling these toplofty politicians our ‘leaders’; they are in fact our rulers.
- The first is relatively manageable: Lower the flag on American universalism - not to half-mast, but not as toplofty as it has been flying since the end of the Second World War.
- This was toplofty thinking, but then tall thistles are apt to think tall thought.
Synonyms arrogant, proud, haughty, conceited, lofty, aloof, disdainful, superior, self-important, supercilious, exclusive |