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Definition of Aloft
1. Adverb. At or on or to the masthead or upper rigging of a ship. "Climbed aloft to unfurl the sail"
2. Adverb. Upward. "The good news sent her spirits aloft"
3. Adverb. At or to great height; high up in or into the air. "Dust is whirled aloft"
4. Adverb. In the higher atmosphere above the earth. "Weather conditions aloft are fine"
Definition of Aloft
1. adv. On high; in the air; high above the ground.
2. prep. Above; on top of.
Definition of Aloft
1. Adverb. in the air; in the sky ¹
2. Adverb. above, overhead, in a high place; up ¹
3. Adverb. (nautical) in the top, at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aloft
1. in or into the air [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aloft
Literary usage of Aloft
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poems by Charles Kingsley (1856)
"TWIN STARS aloft. TWIN stars, aloft in ether clear, Around each, other roll alway,
Within one common atmosphere Of their own mutual light and day. ..."
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