haughtily

«haughtily» in Mova's school dictionary: In a proud way, looking down on other people as if they… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (more haughtily, most haughtily)

meaning for a pupil

In a proud way, looking down on other people as if they were less important. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales a proud or rude character speaks or looks at others; in the lessons it shows a character's bad manners or pride

examples

• The queen looked at the servant haughtily. tree →
• "I shall not answer," she said haughtily. tree →
• He tossed his head haughtily and walked away. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• O love the LORD, all ye His godly ones; the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully repayeth him that acteth haughtily.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «haughtily» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.