Definition of "loftily"

[…] trees, most of them bearing blossom or fruit, rose loftily into the air, and extended their broad leaves like parasols to the sun.

1836, Allan Cunningham, Lord Roldan, page 157

"I should never dream of calling a kid like you a woman," said Digory loftily.

1955, C[live] S[taples] Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew, London: The Bodley Head

"Can you play the violin?" asked Rosemary loftily, out of a chumbling refined mouth.

1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 475