Example Sentences

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She likes this grave Don, who proves to be the stick of the right tree, after all—so do not I, though there be something lordlike about him.

From St. Ronan's Well by Scott, Walter, Sir

A compound adjective is one that consists of two or more words joined together, either by the hyphen or solidly: as, Nut-brown, laughter-loving, four-footed; threefold, lordlike, lovesick.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold

He assumed no lordlike air over them, but chose rather to be a master in life and doctrine, than to have any other distinguishing character of grandeur and pre-eminence.

From True Christianity by Arndt, Johann

I do not think he could have been more lordlike in his father's castle than he was yesterday.

From The Thrall of Leif the Lucky A Story of Viking Days by Liljencrantz, Ottilie A. (Ottilia Adelina)