variants also toploftical
Definition of toploftynext
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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Adjective
  • A lot of people who are that level of arrogant, there’s also an immense insecurity, right?
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The boy is arrogant, Helen thinks.
    Sadia Shepard, New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • However, there's no strong evidence suggesting that strength-training in a fasted state is superior to training in a fed state for muscle growth or performance.
    Jillian Kubala, Health, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Neither assurance of German manufacture nor of superior sound quality sufficed to get the bills back into the salesman’s palm.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Jan. 2026
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  • As robots move into public infrastructure, wireless reliability becomes just as important as mechanical design.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Each person played a very very important part in it.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 16 Jan. 2026
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“Toplofty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toplofty. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.

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