Meanings
adjective
- comparativeComparative form of lofty: more lofty.
Brunel took a site-specific approach - for example, using stone piers for many of the longer and loftier spans, but timber piles for muddier environs that called for lighter-weight structures.
2025 March 5, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Remembering Brunel's timber viaducts”, in RAIL, number 1030, page 57
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APA
loftier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loftier
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“loftier.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loftier. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “loftier,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/loftier.
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