variants also toploftical
as in arrogant
having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude those toplofty history professors who sneeringly use the term "popularizer" to describe any historian whose works are read with pleasure

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  • Julie Bowen and Christopher McDonald return as love interest Virginia Venit and arrogant rival Shooter McGavin, respectively, and the cast includes rookies like Bad Bunny, Travis Kelce and pro wrestler Maxwell Jacob Friedman.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Those include genial second-year resident Dr. King (Taylor Dearden), arrogant intern Santos (Isa Briones), and doe-eyed med students Javadi (Shabana Azeez) and Whittaker (Gerran Howell).
    Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 9 Jan. 2025
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  • This year, with the Vancouver Canucks’ star forwards Elias Pettersson and J.T. Miller are underperforming and goalie Thatcher Demko missing the first 24 games of the season with a knee injury, captain Quinn Hughes has become more important to his team than ever.
    Carol Schram, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
  • In this paper, the researchers did not calculate how strong those differences are, but an important next step is to explore the observational consequences of this model.
    Paul Sutter, Space.com, 19 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Star Wars: Skeleton Crew A cavalier Jude Law as a space pirate meets four kids way too far from home, plus some secrets of the galaxy and the Old Republic.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 30 Dec. 2024
  • In her opening statement, Johnson painted Baldwin, who starred in and produced the film, as cavalier with firearms and suggested that the cast and crew faced constraints, ramping up the risk of someone getting injured on set.
    Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 10 July 2024
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  • Although there is a healthy amount of debate, many hockey experts regard CHL leagues as superior to the USHL for attracting NHL prospects.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 25 Jan. 2025
  • But the Baker & Hostetler letter claims that the Paramount board eliminated an option to consider superior bids from its sale process.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
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  • As a global hub of graffiti art, the entire London landscape is scattered with masterful murals.
    Brad Japhe, Travel + Leisure, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Image Image In contrast, this masterful Zegna collection, designed by Alessandro Sartori, Zegna’s longstanding artistic director, demanded close inspection and a good bit of attention.
    Jacob Gallagher, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
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  • Slot’s team drew at Nottingham Forest and, on the weekend, 90 goalless minutes had passed at Brentford with a feeling that the imperious phase was finally at an end.
    Darren Richman, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Within this, there are other curiosities: Brentford finding a formula to net in the first minute of three consecutive games; Arsenal, long associated with artful offensive patterns, becoming imperious from corner kicks; Forest’s robust Chris Wood emerging as a bountiful goalscorer at the age of 33.
    Henry Flynn, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
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“Toplofty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toplofty. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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