haughtily
adverb
haughtily is an adverb meaning “In a haughty manner; with excessive or unwarranted pride” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled H-A-U-G-H-T-I-L-Y and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 16 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does haughtily mean?
adverb
- 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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce haughtily?
Haughtily has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of haughtily
- more haughtily comparative
- most haughtily superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is haughtily?
Haughtily appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 121,279th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Haughtily in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in a haughty manner:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | hautainement, avec dédain |
| German | hochmütig, stolz, überheblich, arrogant, geringschätzig |
| Spanish | altivamente, altaneramente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does haughtily come from?
From haughty + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).