haughtily

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English haughty

English -ly

English haughtily

From haughty + -ly.

Adverb

haughtily (comparative more haughtily, superlative most haughtily)

1. In a haughty manner; with excessive or unwarranted pride.

   He haughtily demanded the best table, even though people looked and wondered who he was.

   • 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 233:

     "I don't know what you mean," she said haughtily.

Translations

in a haughty manner

• Dutch: hooghartig (nl)
• Finnish: kopeasti (fi)
• French: hautainement (fr), avec dédain
• Galician: altivamente (gl)
• German: hochmütig (de), stolz (de), überheblich (de), arrogant (de), geringschätzig (de)
• Greek: ακατάδεκτα (el) (akatádekta)
• Italian: altezzosamente (it), sprezzantemente (it)
• Polish: wyniośle (pl), zarozumiale (pl)
• Russian: надме́нно (ru) (nadménno), высокоме́рно (ru) (vysokomérno), зано́счиво (ru) (zanósčivo), кичли́во (ru) (kičlívo), свысока́ (ru) (svysoká)
• Spanish: altivamente (es), altaneramente