Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Lofty

Lofty , adjective

[From Loft.]

1.
Lifted high up; having great height; towering; high.
See lofty Lebanon his head advance. — Pope
2.
Figuratively: Elevated in character, rank, dignity, spirit, bearing, language, etc.; exalted; noble; stately; characterized by pride; haughty.
The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity. — Is. lvii. 15
Lofty and sour to them that loved him not — Shakespeare
Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme. — Milton