arrogantly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English arrogant

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English arrogantly

From arrogant + -ly.

Adverb

arrogantly (comparative more arrogantly, superlative most arrogantly)

1. In an arrogant manner; with undue pride or self-importance.
   • 2024 February 1, “When Men’s Dating Options Hit The Wall”, in Salt Lake Single Guy‎^[1], archived from the original on 26 December 2024:

     Many a RP podcaster, blogger, and Youtuber^[sic] have fired up their livesteaming software, to arrogantly beat their chests, boasting that men reach their “peak SMV” (“Sexual Marketplace Value”, or desirability to women) in their late 30s.

Synonyms

• like someone owns the place
• self-importantly

Translations

in an arrogant manner

• Catalan: arrogantment (ca)
• Finnish: ylimielisesti (fi), arrogantisti
• French: avec arrogance
• Galician: arrogantemente
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: ὑπερηφάνως (huperēphánōs)

• Hungarian: arrogánsan
• Italian: arrogantemente (it)
• Polish: arogancko (pl)
• Portuguese: arrogantemente
• Russian: высокоме́рно (ru) (vysokomérno), надме́нно (ru) (nadménno), зано́счиво (ru) (zanósčivo), кичли́во (ru) (kičlívo)
• Serbo-Croatian: arogàntno (sh)
• Spanish: arrogantemente, a caballazo, al caballazo, prepotentemente (es)
• Swahili: shashimamishi

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “arrogantly”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “arrogantly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.