- comparative of lofty.
loftier
Example Sentences
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An uptick in business air travel is fueling loftier hopes for United Airlines, which is slated to report its holiday-quarter results this week.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 19, 2026
“Whether owing to that striking optimism or some other loftier force at work,” said family member Gregory Small, she had survived with pancreatic cancer for 12 years, a feat that left her doctors dumbfounded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2025
If he fixes the Rockies, he will have achieved something loftier than the Rocky Mountains themselves—and become the envy of his peers forever.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
"A loftier way of putting that is we're trying to outcompete the state," said Green, a former intern at the Adam Smith Institute, a pro-free market think tank.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025
The heady taste of success had infused him further with morality and fired him with ambition for loftier attainments.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
