haughtily

adv

haughtily

adv

Etymology From haughty + -ly.

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.
"I don't know what you mean," she said haughtily.1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 233:

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