lordy

[ lawr-dee ]

/ ˈlɔr di /

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interjection Informal: Older Use.

(often initial capital letter) (used in exclamatory phrases to express surprise, elation, etc.): Oh lordy, what a mess!

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Origin of lordy

First recorded in 1820–25; lord (the interjection) + -y²

Words nearby lordy

Lord's Supper, Lord's table, Lords Temporal, Lord Temporal, Lord, what fools these mortals be!, lordy, lore, Lorelei, Loren, Lorena, Lorentz

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How to use lordy in a sentence

And then I danced on the bank in the grass and the moonlight—oh, Lordy, Miles, you ought to have seen me.
A Parody Outline of History|Donald Ogden Stewart
The startled old lady gasped out, "Good lordy," and fled from the ship.
The Naval History of the United States|Willis J. Abbot.
Oh, lordy, wouldn't it be sweet just to get my arm round a woman's waist once more!
The Trail of '98|Robert W. Service
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!
Hoosier Mosaics|Maurice Thompson

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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British Dictionary definitions for lordy

lordy

/ (ˈlɔːdɪ) /

interjection

mainly US and Canadian an exclamation of surprise or dismay

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