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loftily
adverb
disapprovinguk /ˈlɒf.təl.i/ us /ˈlɑːf.təl.i/
in a way that shows you think you are better than other people: 高傲地，自大地
"Your views are too simplistic for me," said the young politician loftily. “你的观点对我来说太简单了，”年轻的政客傲慢地说。
He loftily dismissed Ferguson's words as meaningless.他傲慢地认为弗格森的话毫无意义。
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lofty
"He's got no taste," one showbiz critic loftily claimed.
"Your private life is none of my concern," she said loftily.
Jane had once invited a bank manager to Christmas Eve drinks, which he had loftily declined.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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airs and gracesidiom
arrogant
arrogantly
as if you owned the placeidiom
egoistic
egoistically
egomaniacal
egomaniacally
egotistic
patronizingly
pomposity
pompous
pompously
popinjay
swollen head
swollen-headed
talk down to someone
think the (whole) world revolves around youidiom
throw your weight aroundidiom
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