Lofty
adjective
Very high and grand.
They admired the lofty mountains.
Often appears as...
- lofty heights
- lofty ambitions
adjective
Showing a sense of superiority.
He had a particularly lofty manner.
Often appears as...
- lofty disdain
- lofty arrogance
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Disapproving
adjective
High level or standard.
She set lofty goals for herself.
Often appears as...
- lofty standards
- lofty aspirations
adjective
Very high and grand.
They admired the lofty mountains.
Often appears as...
- lofty heights
- lofty ambitions
adjective
Showing a sense of superiority.
He had a particularly lofty manner.
Often appears as...
- lofty disdain
- lofty arrogance
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
High level or standard.
She set lofty goals for herself.
Often appears as...
- lofty standards
- lofty aspirations
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Grandeur
Used for describing natural or man-made structures with impressive size or beauty.
The museum's lofty dome was visible from miles away.
Pro Tip 2/3High Aspirations
Metaphorically expresses high ambitions or ideals.
Her lofty goal was to end world hunger.
Pro Tip 3/3Literary Elevation
Often found in literature to evoke a sense of awe or elevation.
The hero's lofty ideals were inspiring.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Grandeur
Used for describing natural or man-made structures with impressive size or beauty.
The museum's lofty dome was visible from miles away.
Pro Tip 2/3High Aspirations
Metaphorically expresses high ambitions or ideals.
Her lofty goal was to end world hunger.
Pro Tip 3/3Literary Elevation
Often found in literature to evoke a sense of awe or elevation.
The hero's lofty ideals were inspiring.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Grandeur
Used for describing natural or man-made structures with impressive size or beauty.
The museum's lofty dome was visible from miles away.
Pro Tip 2/3High Aspirations
Metaphorically expresses high ambitions or ideals.
Her lofty goal was to end world hunger.
Pro Tip 3/3Literary Elevation
Often found in literature to evoke a sense of awe or elevation.
The hero's lofty ideals were inspiring.
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Steve Ramirez and Xu...
and edit out that nauseating feeling but while keeping the memory of that person intact? Then I realized, maybe that's a little bit lofty for now. So what if we could start off by going into the brain and just finding a single memory to begin with? Could we jump-start that memory back to life,
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How Finding Blue Whale...
that we'd tracked all night long. I could hear their sounds eminating from the pilot house below me, but I just couldn't see them. I knew what I was looking for, this short lofty blow slanted off to the left hand side, super characteristic of sperm whale. I searched and I looked for hours
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Courtney Martin:...
What I learned from these people and others was that I couldn't judge them based on their failure to meet their very lofty goals. Many of them are working in deeply intractable systems -- the military, congress, the education system, etc. But what they managed to do within those systems
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How to shift your...
But it leaves us with another challenge. With the climate crisis, the action that we take is separated from the impact of it, whereas what is happening with these images is these nurses are being sustained not by the lofty goal of changing the world
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Laura Snyder: The...
and quieted the audience. He politely agreed that an appropriate name for the members of the association did not exist. "If 'philosophers' is taken to be too wide and lofty a term," he said, "then, by analogy with 'artist,'
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How businesses can serve...
and remember who we really serve. Next, let's talk about the big E, the environment. Sustainability goals have been written into annual reports all over the world. The goals are very lofty,
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The era of higher ideals...
in this environment this sounds a bit dreamy a bit lofty a bit idealistic if you will for the tough world of business well I'm very confident this is the news story and I'll tell you why I
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Capitalism will eat...
The problem is that as long as the economic and the political spheres are separate, automation makes the twin peaks taller, the waste loftier and the social conflicts deeper, including --
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Why is Mount Everest so...
waiting for the chance to scale the mountain's lofty, lethal peak. But why do people risk life and limb to climb Everest? Is it the challenge? The view? The chance to touch the sky?
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The wicked wit of Jane...
Instead of lofty love stories, her characters act naturally, and often awkwardly. They trade pragmatic advice, friendly jokes and not-so-friendly barbs about their arrogant peers.
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Steve Ramirez and Xu...
and edit out that nauseating feeling but while keeping the memory of that person intact? Then I realized, maybe that's a little bit lofty for now. So what if we could start off by going into the brain and just finding a single memory to begin with? Could we jump-start that memory back to life,
Video examples
How Finding Blue Whale...
that we'd tracked all night long. I could hear their sounds eminating from the pilot house below me, but I just couldn't see them. I knew what I was looking for, this short lofty blow slanted off to the left hand side, super characteristic of sperm whale. I searched and I looked for hours
Video examples
Courtney Martin:...
What I learned from these people and others was that I couldn't judge them based on their failure to meet their very lofty goals. Many of them are working in deeply intractable systems -- the military, congress, the education system, etc. But what they managed to do within those systems
Video examples
How to shift your...
But it leaves us with another challenge. With the climate crisis, the action that we take is separated from the impact of it, whereas what is happening with these images is these nurses are being sustained not by the lofty goal of changing the world
Video examples
Laura Snyder: The...
and quieted the audience. He politely agreed that an appropriate name for the members of the association did not exist. "If 'philosophers' is taken to be too wide and lofty a term," he said, "then, by analogy with 'artist,'
Video examples
How businesses can serve...
and remember who we really serve. Next, let's talk about the big E, the environment. Sustainability goals have been written into annual reports all over the world. The goals are very lofty,
Video examples
The era of higher ideals...
in this environment this sounds a bit dreamy a bit lofty a bit idealistic if you will for the tough world of business well I'm very confident this is the news story and I'll tell you why I
Video examples
Capitalism will eat...
The problem is that as long as the economic and the political spheres are separate, automation makes the twin peaks taller, the waste loftier and the social conflicts deeper, including --
Video examples
Why is Mount Everest so...
waiting for the chance to scale the mountain's lofty, lethal peak. But why do people risk life and limb to climb Everest? Is it the challenge? The view? The chance to touch the sky?
Video examples
The wicked wit of Jane...
Instead of lofty love stories, her characters act naturally, and often awkwardly. They trade pragmatic advice, friendly jokes and not-so-friendly barbs about their arrogant peers.
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Yusef Komunyakaa
American Poet
Students often have such a lofty idea of what a poem is, and I want them to realize that their own lives are where the poetry comes from. The most important things are to respect the language; to know the classical rules, even if only to break them; and to be prepared to edit, to revise, to shape.
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Victor Hugo
French Author
There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and hills; but whatever is too lofty, a genius as well as a mountain, an assembly as well as a masterpiece, seen too near, is appalling.
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Floyd Skloot
American Poet
A risk for a poet-novelist is imbalance: The poems can flatten into prose or lose their intensity of focus; the novels can stall amid lofty writing or literary preciousness and ignore the engine of plot and character.
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Saint Augustine
Saint
Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.
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Ivanka Trump
American Businesswoman
As president, my father will take on the bold and worthy fights. He will be unafraid to set lofty goals, and he will be relentless in his determination to achieve them.
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Zach Johnson
American Athlete
When you're trying to accomplish lofty goals, and when you're attacking something of great magnitude, you have to have help.
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John Wycliffe
English Theologian
The higher the hill, the stronger the wind: so the loftier the life, the stronger the enemy's temptations.
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George Henry Lewes
English Philosopher
Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims.
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Thomas a Kempis
German Clergyman
The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid.
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Karen Katz
American Author
I never had lofty dreams of doing important things.
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Yusef Komunyakaa
American Poet
Students often have such a lofty idea of what a poem is, and I want them to realize that their own lives are where the poetry comes from. The most important things are to respect the language; to know the classical rules, even if only to break them; and to be prepared to edit, to revise, to shape.
Quote examples
Victor Hugo
French Author
There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and hills; but whatever is too lofty, a genius as well as a mountain, an assembly as well as a masterpiece, seen too near, is appalling.
Quote examples
Floyd Skloot
American Poet
A risk for a poet-novelist is imbalance: The poems can flatten into prose or lose their intensity of focus; the novels can stall amid lofty writing or literary preciousness and ignore the engine of plot and character.
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Saint Augustine
Saint
Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.
Quote examples
Ivanka Trump
American Businesswoman
As president, my father will take on the bold and worthy fights. He will be unafraid to set lofty goals, and he will be relentless in his determination to achieve them.
Quote examples
Zach Johnson
American Athlete
When you're trying to accomplish lofty goals, and when you're attacking something of great magnitude, you have to have help.
Quote examples
John Wycliffe
English Theologian
The higher the hill, the stronger the wind: so the loftier the life, the stronger the enemy's temptations.
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George Henry Lewes
English Philosopher
Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims.
Quote examples
Thomas a Kempis
German Clergyman
The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid.
Quote examples
Karen Katz
American Author
I never had lofty dreams of doing important things.
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