Translations for „loftily“ in the Russian » English Dictionary

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loftily

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English

Against a backdrop of buildings with water lapping at their first-floor windows, she loftily declared "it would be right" to say that the flood defences were "overwhelmed".

www.mirror.co.uk

Loftily, he had expected a hand-picked selection of reporters to fall on their knees at the idea of receiving an invitation and sit like ornaments in the room.

www.dailymail.co.uk

It's a company that has shown little or no regard for any established business norms, or what we might loftily call business ethics, or for plain old decent behaviour.

www.independent.co.uk

The reality of airborne environments, suspended loftily above, amid clouds, has always inhabited our dreams but always exceeded the scope of present technologies, until the twentieth century.

www.gizmodo.com.au

He loftily dismissed a dating game show as for "single lonely people that can't find a date".

www.telegraph.co.uk

I called out loftily to a passing waiter, who smiled and nodded politely.

www.theglobeandmail.com

To show awareness of how their policies will affect the poor, these three talk loftily about the "safety net" of welfare.

www.independent.co.uk

I now believe this disdain of mine was immature and premature, as well as loftily dismissive of majority opinion.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Meanwhile, he's the last person on earth to be talking loftily about bringing the justice system into "disrepute".

ipolitics.ca

Marked and unmarked police vehicles then responded to any offences that were spotted by the loftily positioned police spotters.

www.plymouthherald.co.uk