1 (literary) (high) [+ceiling, building, tower] alto; elevado Victorian houses can seem cold with their lofty ceilings and rambling rooms
[+mountain] alto; [+room] de techo alto he rose to a lofty position within the organization ascendió a una posición elevada dentro de la organización
3 (haughty) [+person, attitude] altivo; altanero She seemed lofty and distant ... Lord Alexander, the lofty barrister ...his lofty attitude of impartial scholarship
lofty air/manner aire de superioridad; (m) altivez; (f)
she had a lofty air that irritated him
lofty contempt/disdain altivo desdén; (m)
...the lofty disdain he often expresses for his profession
4 (grandiose) [+speech, pronouncement, rhetoric] grandilocuente ...yesterday's lofty pronouncements from Westminster local people were unconvinced by the minister's lofty speeches ...the company's lofty rhetoric
