Meanings
adverbhaughtily (comparative more haughtily, superlative most haughtily)
comparative more haughtily · superlative most haughtily
- In a haughty manner; with excessive or unwarranted pride.
He haughtily demanded the best table, even though people looked and wondered who he was.
1 more example
"I don't know what you mean," she said haughtily.
1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 233
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Translations
Dutch hooghartig
- hooghartigin a haughty manner
Finnish kopeasti
- kopeastiin a haughty manner
French hautainement, avec dédain
- hautainementin a haughty manner
- avec dédainin a haughty manner
German hochmütig, stolz
- hochmütigin a haughty manner
- stolzin a haughty manner
- überheblichin a haughty manner
- arrogantin a haughty manner
- geringschätzigin a haughty manner
Greek ακατάδεκτα
- ακατάδεκτα (akatádekta)in a haughty manner
Italian altezzosamente, sprezzantemente
- altezzosamentein a haughty manner
- sprezzantementein a haughty manner
Polish wyniośle, zarozumiale
- wynioślein a haughty manner
- zarozumialein a haughty manner
Russian надме́нно, высокоме́рно
- надме́нно (nadménno)in a haughty manner
- высокоме́рно (vysokomérno)in a haughty manner
- зано́счиво (zanósčivo)in a haughty manner
- кичли́во (kičlívo)in a haughty manner
- свысока́ (svysoká)in a haughty manner
Spanish altivamente, altaneramente
- altivamentein a haughty manner
- altaneramentein a haughty manner
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haughtily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haughtily
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “haughtily,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haughtily.
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