haughtily, adv.
(ˈhɔːtɪlɪ)
Also 6 hawt-.
[f. haughty + -ly2.]
In a haughty manner; proudly, arrogantly.
| 1573–80 Baret Alv. H 261 Hawtily, elate..excelse. 1611 Bible Micah ii. 3 Neither shall ye goe haughtily. a 1720 Sheffield (Dk. Buckhm.) Wks. (1753) II. 176 To be neither remiss, nor haughtily imperious. 1832 Macaulay Armada 19 Haughtily the trumpets peal, and gaily dance the bells. 1838 Dickens Nich. Nick. xvi, He..strode haughtily out of the office. |