Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - lofty

(loftier, loftiest) 1. A lofty ideal or ambition is noble, important, and admirable. It was a bank that started out with grand ideas and lofty ideals... ADJ: usu ADJ n 2. A lofty building or room is very high. (FORMAL) ...a light, lofty apartment in the suburbs of Salzburg... ADJ: usu ADJ n 3. If you say that someone behaves in a lofty way, you are critical of them for behaving in a proud and rather unpleasant way, as if they think they are very important. ...the lofty disdain he often expresses for his profession. ...lofty contempt. ADJ: usu ADJ n c darkgreen]disapproval