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Definition of Loftier
1. lofty [adj] - See also: lofty
Lexicographical Neighbors of Loftier
Literary usage of Loftier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1859)
"The height of loftier mountains to t north, as Mr. Galton has properly stated to
you, is still a matter for inquiry Leaving this point, however, ..."
2. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"To prayer and tear 820 Of mine thou hast refused thine ear; But now the awful
hour draws on When truth must speak in loftier tone. ..."
3. Lectures, Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the World's Famous by John Lawson Stoddard (1898)
"Although massive, and nearly three height, it is yet as delicate stately flower.
Rising in loftier than the one beneath composed of variegated whole surface ..."
4. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1898)
"Although massive, and nearly three height, it is yet as delicate stately flower.
Rising ini loftier than the one beneath composed of variegated whole ..."
5. Studies of a Biographer by Leslie Stephen (1902)
"It stimulated a passion for climbing which absorbed my energies and distracted
me from the prophet's loftier teaching. I might have followed him from the ..."
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