Meaning of Lordy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Expressing mild emotion, such as exasperation or frustration.
2. Alternative letter-case form of Lordy.
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3. Expressing strong emotion, such as amazement.

Examples

“Lordy! Where's he off to now?”

“Aunt Betty graciously permitted this. She always did; but if the forgetful old man wandered for a moment away from his theme she brought him back with a surreptitious: “Lordy! yo' ole head done filled wid me yit."”

““I said, ‘Lordy, we have to put tops on bottoms. Let’s get something done,’ ” Comey recalled.”

“In 2021, the Times described you as an “avuncular public intellectual.” How do you feel about that label? [Stephen Fry:] Oh my lordy lord. Avuncular gives me great pleasure.”

“Lordy! Call your dogs off, call your dogs off! Oh! Lordy! call em off quick! quick!”

“It can only be AC/DC: black black black! with the first single from their first new album in eight years, Black Ice. It's blues-metal heaviosity in exelcis^([sic]). Not clever but, oh lordy, it's big.”

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