haughtily
2
6.6
- adverb
- /ˈhɔːtɪli/
:
con arrogancia
- Anna Ivanovna, the director, haughtily rustled into the room.
- said haughtily
- replied haughtily
- looked haughtily
Examples
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Olivia looks up and gestures haughtily for him to set it down, as though he were the housekeeper.
Fiction book (2000) -
My friend Margot, tinier than me yet apparently more mature, gets up haughtily and leaves.
Fiction book (2001) -
"Then why, when I asked you to be my wife, did you rise and walk haughtily from the room?"
Fiction book (1998) -
"See that you do," he intoned haughtily, and went back to his card game.
Fiction book (1991) -
Very stiffly she walked into the middle; very haughtily she put her hand on his sleeve.
Fiction book (2001) -
Tom's parents had been just as haughtily rude at the church as they were now at the reception.
Fiction book (2001) -
The Marenskys regarded us haughtily as they picked at their food, but ventured no more critical comments.
Fiction book (1993) -
Finally, with a well-enunciated "stupid!" she strode haughtily out of the store, as I sighed in deep relief.
Fiction book (2000) -
"Don't presume," she announced haughtily as her plump body breezed past me.
Fiction book (1993) -
"You think you're better than everyone else," she said haughtily, raising an eyebrow.
Synonyms
8
4.8
In a way that shows someone thinks they are better than other people
8
6.0
In a proud way that shows you think you are better than others
3
8.2
In a proud way that shows no concern for other people's feelings or safety
1
8.6
To speak in a commanding way that expects people to obey
1
8.6
Acting as if you are better than other people
1
7.7
In a proud, showy way to seem more important than others
1
6.8
In a bold, rude way that shows little respect
1
7.2
In a proud way that shows you feel better than other people
1
7.9
In a way that tries to control others and ignores their views
1
7.6
In a way that tries to seem more important or special than it is
1
6.6
In a way that shows you feel better than others
1
6.9
In a way that shows you think you are better than others
In a way that shows you feel better than other people
In a way that shows someone thinks they are better than others
In a way that shows you think you are better than others
Behaving as if you are better than other people
Acting as if you are better than other people
To act in a very proud way that ignores other people
In a way that shows too much pride in yourself
In a self-important, bossy way as if always right
In a way that treats other people as unimportant and ignores their views
In a way that shows you think you are better than others
In a bold, rude way that shows no respect
In a proud, showy way to get attention
Antonyms
How Arrogant
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Haughtily comes from the old French word haut meaning 'high', which is the same idea behind the English word high. So to act haughtily is to hold yourself 'high' above others, feeling proud and unfriendly.