Uppishly

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In an uppish manner, arrogantly, with an air of superiority.

    "“Miss Betty’s at the church now gettin’ married!” announced Marie uppishly, “and you’d best be gettin’ out of here right away, for the wedding party’s due to arrive any minute now […]”"

  2. 2
    In an upward direction, with the chance of being caught.

    "[…] the tall left-hander slapped a short ball from Adil Rashid wearily and uppishly to extra cover."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a snobbish manner wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
snobbishlysnobbishlysnootily

Example

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"“Miss Betty’s at the church now gettin’ married!” announced Marie uppishly, “and you’d best be gettin’ out of here right away, for the wedding party’s due to arrive any minute now […]”"

Etymology

From uppish + -ly.

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