lordy

[ lawr-dee ]

interjection

, Informal: Older Use.

1. (often initial capital letter) (used in exclamatory phrases to express surprise, elation, etc.):

   Oh lordy, what a mess!

lordy

/ ˈlɔːdɪ /

interjection

1. an exclamation of surprise or dismay

Word History and Origins

Origin of lordy¹

First recorded in 1820–25; lord ( def ) (the interjection) + -y ²( def )

Example Sentences

And then I danced on the bank in the grass and the moonlight—oh, Lordy, Miles, you ought to have seen me.

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The startled old lady gasped out, "Good lordy," and fled from the ship.

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Oh, lordy, wouldn't it be sweet just to get my arm round a woman's waist once more!

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Well, jest as I was finished, and was a saying amen, the lordy mercy what a yowl something did give right over me in a tree!

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Gudesake, for a bit session lordy, like you, to gang by that style and teetle o' ane high and michty prince!

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