He's lordly in a real way (4)
I believe the answer is:
earl
'he's lordly' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.
'real way' is the wordplay.
'way' indicates an anagram (another way of arranging the letters).
'real' with letters rearranged gives 'EARL'.
'in a' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for earl that I've seen before include "Peer of the realm" , "Jimmy Carter's middle name" , "British noble" , "Sandwich perhaps" , "A real peer" .)