Lordly

a. [compar. LORDLIER; superl. LORDLIEST.] [From lord and termination ly.] 1. Becoming a lord; pertaining to a lord; hence, grand; noble; dignified. Lordly sins require lordly estates to support them. South. The maidens gathered strength and grace, And presence lordlier than before. Tennyson. 2. Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent. Every rich and lordly swain With pride would drag about her chain. Swift. Syn. — Imperious; proud; haughty; overbearing; tyrannical; despotic; domineering; arrogant; insolent. See IMPERIOUS.

In a lordly manner; imperiously; proudly.

A famished lion, issuing from the wood, Bears lordly force. Dryden.