LOFTY Copy link • LOFTYaltus, elatus, Cels., excelsus (PROP. and figuratively; SYN. in HIGH): editus (above the level; opposed to planus): sublimis (PROP. that soars on high, then = above the common order): erectus (of lofty ideas): augustus (high, especially of divine things): a lofty style, oratio grandis; orationis altitudo; elatio atque altitudo orationis; sublime genus dicendi: a man of lofty mind, vir excelsus et altus.