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Definition: Haughtily |
HaughtilyAdverb1. In a haughty manner; "he peered haughtily down his nose". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "haughtily" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Note: Haughtily \Haugh"ti*ly\, adverb. [From Haughty.]. (references) |
Crosswords: Haughtily |
| English words defined with "haughtily": Bigly ♦ stiff-necked ♦ Turbidly. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "haughtily": Gyneth. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | His invitation was haughtily refused. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | The Chancellor took it haughtily, drank it off thoughtfully, smiled benevolently on the happy waiter as he set down the empty glass, and began |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Her breath goes forth through her hundred and twenty guns as through enormous trumpets, and haughtily answers the thunderbolt |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Haughtily" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Haughtily" is used about 60 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 60 | 43,597 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "haughtily"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | në mënyrë arrogante. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | надуто, надменно (loftily, with a high hand). (various references) | |
Chinese | 傲慢地 (Arrogantly, Boastfully, Contemptuously, insolently). (various references) | |
Czech | zvysoka (condescendingly, in a haughty manner), povýšenì (condescendingly, in a haughty manner), domýšlivì. (various references) | |
German | stolz (boast, elation, fancy, glory, haughtiness, haughty, impressive, loftily, lofty, majestic, pride, prideful, princely, proud, proudly, proudness), hochmütig (arrogant, arrogantly, cavalier, haughty, loftily, lofty, lordly, prideful, proud, superciliary, superciliously, uppish, uppity). (various references) | |
Greek | αλαζονικώσ (rantingly, swaggeringly). (various references) | |
Hungarian | gőgösen (arrogantly, loftily, overweeningly, pridefully), dölyfösen (imperiously, pridefully). (various references) | |
Italian | orgoglioso (arrogantly, haughty, lofty, proud, supercilious), altezzosamente (proudly). (various references) | |
Korean | 거만하게 (insolently, Proudly, superciliously). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aughtilyhay.(various references) | |
Romanian | trufaş (flaunty, haughty, loftily, lofty, proud-spirited, stately, supercilious), semeţ (arrogant, brave, bravely, conceited, daring, daringly, haughty, hoity toity, lofty, lordly, temerarious), dispreţuitor (contemptuous, contemptuously, defiant, despiteful, disdainful, flouting, scornful, Sniffy, supercilious), cu aroganţã (with a high hand), arogant (arrogant, arrogantly, assuming, assumptive, haughty, high and mighty, lordly, overbearing, overbearingly, overweening, perky, pretentious, supercilious), îngâmfat (arrogant, assuming, bloated, bumptious, cock-a-hoop, conceited, flaunty, fop, inflated, perky, presumptuous, self-conceited, self-pleasing, snooty, stuck up, supercilious, swollen, vainglorious), ţanţos (bumptious, bumptiously). (various references) | |
Russian | свысока, надменно (pridefully). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | oholo (disdainfully), nadmeno (disdainfully). (various references) | |
Spanish | orgullosamente, altivo (arrogantly, haughty, lordly, overbearing, overweening, supercilious). (various references) | |
Swedish | högmodigt. (various references) | |
Thai | อย่างยโส. (various references) | |
Turkish | mağrurca. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | arroganter, superbe. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Haughtily" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ahoghill, haughtilly, haughtly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "haughtily" (pronounced hô"tulē) |
| 4 | -t u l ē | accidentally, anecdotally, brutally, coincidentally, continentally, developmentally, digitally, jauntily, environmentally, experimentally, fatally, fundamentally, governmentally, hastily, heartily, horizontally, incidentally, incrementally, mentally, mightily, monumentally, mortally, nattily, scantily, subtly, temperamentally, testily, totally, vitally, wittily. |
| 3 | -u l ē | abysmally, abnormally, actually, additionally, agriculturally, anencephaly, angrily, annually, anomaly, arbitrarily, architecturally, artfully, artificially, beneficially, bilaterally, blissfully, bodily, botanically, broccoli, busily, carefully, casually, centrally, cerebrally, cheerfully, chronically, Cicely, circumstantially, civilly, clinically, clumsily, comically, commercially, conceptually, conditionally, confidentially, congressionally, conspiratorially, constitutionally, continually, contractually, contradictorily, conventionally, cordially, crazily, criminally, critically, culturally, customarily, cynically, delightfully, diagonally, diametrically, dismally, journalistically, joyfully, judicially, lawfully, lazily, diurnally, dorsally, dreadfully, dutifully, easily, editorially, educationally, eerily, electrically, electronically, emotionally, empirically, equally, essentially, eternally, ethically, eventually, exceptionally, exponentially, externally, extraordinarily, facsimile, factually, faithfully, family, fanatically, federally, finally, financially, fiscally, fitfully, florally, forcefully, formally, fractionally, frantically, frightfully, frugally, functionally, gainfully, generally, generationally, geographically, giggly, gleefully, globally, gloomily, gracefully, gradually, gratefully, gravelly, gravitationally, greedily, habitually, handily, happily, heavily, helpfully, hermetically, historically, homily, hopefully, hungrily, icily, illegally, impartially, individually, industrially, informally, initially, institutionally, intellectually, intentionally, internally, internationally, intrinsically, involuntarily, irrationally, legally, liberally, literally, locally, loyally, luckily, magically, magnetically, majestically, manfully, manually, marginally, masterfully, materially, mathematically, meaningfully, medicinally, mercifully, merrily, methodically, metrically, militarily, mineralogically, minimally, momentarily, monetarily, monopoly, morally, multifamily, multilaterally, municipally, mutually, nasally, nationally, naturally, necessarily, noisily, nominally, normally, novelly, nutritionally, occasionally, officially, oligopoly, operationally, optimistically, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, originally, painfully, parenthetically, partially, pathetically, peacefully, perennially, periodically, peripherally, perpetually, personally, phenomenally, philosophically, physically, pitifully, playfully, politically, potentially, pragmatically, preferentially, preliminarily, presidentially, primarily, procedurally, professionally, proportionally, provincially, provisionally, purposefully, quintessentially, racially, radially, rationally, readily, regally, regionally, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, ritualistically, romantically, royally, ruefully, sardonically, satisfactorily, scientifically, seasonally, secondarily, semiannually, sequentially, serenely, severally, sexually, skeptically, skillfully, sleepily, sloppily, socially, specially, speedily, spiritually, statistically, statutorily, steadily, steamily, structurally, subfamily, subliminally, substantially, successfully, summarily, supremely, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactfully, tactically, tangentially, tastefully, tearfully, technically, technologically, temporally, temporarily, terminally, territorially, thankfully, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, thoughtfully, traditionally, Tripoli, truthfully, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, uncritically, uneasily, unequivocally, unhappily, unilaterally, unintentionally, universally, unlawfully, unnaturally, unnecessarily, unofficially, unsuccessfully, unusually, usefully, usually, virtually, viscerally, visually, vocally, voluntarily, warily, wearily, wiggly, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, wistfully, wobbly, woefully, wonderfully, wrongfully. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-h-h-i-l-t-u-y" | |
-2 letters: haughty. | |
-3 letters: alight, guilty, highly, thulia. | |
-4 letters: aught, gaily, gault, ghaut, guilt, haugh, hight, laigh, laith, laity, lathi, lathy, laugh, light, thigh, thuya. | |
-5 letters: agly, alit, gait, ghat, gilt, glia, glut, hail, halt, hath, haul, haut, high, hila, hilt, hula, hyla, iglu, lath, lati, litu, tail, tali, thug, ugly, yagi, yuga. | |
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