toplofty
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Reading the toplofty Mr. Grantham, one can almost hear the voice of Shakespeare’s Puck—“What fools these mortals be.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
This settled quality makes Trilling’s letters a bit toplofty and dull.
From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2018
By his notable lack of heroics, Reporter Churchill won back the regard of correspondents who had been offended by his toplofty manners.
From Time Magazine Archive
It often irritates politicians with toplofty editorials suggesting that the paper is not only on the side of the angels but right alongside them in heaven.
From Time Magazine Archive
There he proceeded, in a sincere but somewhat toplofty way to enlighten the British public on the subject of culture.
From Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived by William Joseph Long
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