Instead of a wagging tail and what looks like a happy smile that dogs project, cats sneer at us haughtily, and sometimes they seem to squint and look inscrutably wise.
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Haughtily
Synonyms for "haughtily" (10 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Adverb(1 words)
Strong matches (3)
Adverb(1 words)
Related words (5)
Adverb(2 words)
Related word relations
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Translations
22 translations across 10 languages.
Dutch
1 entries- hooghartig adv (in a haughty manner)
Finnish
1 entries- kopeasti adv (in a haughty manner)
French
2 entries- avec dédain adv (in a haughty manner)
- hautainement adv (in a haughty manner)
Galician
1 entries- altivamente adv (in a haughty manner)
German
4 entries- arrogant adv (in a haughty manner)
- geringschätzig adv (in a haughty manner)
- hochmütig adv (in a haughty manner)
- stolz adv (in a haughty manner)
Greek
1 entries- ακατάδεκτα adv (in a haughty manner)
Italian
2 entries- altezzosamente adv (in a haughty manner)
- sprezzantemente adv (in a haughty manner)
Polish
2 entries- wyniośle adv (in a haughty manner)
- zarozumiale adv (in a haughty manner)
Russian
4 entries- высокоме́рно adv (in a haughty manner)
- зано́счиво adv (in a haughty manner)
- кичли́во adv (in a haughty manner)
- надме́нно adv (in a haughty manner)
Spanish
2 entries- altaneramente adv (in a haughty manner)
- altivamente adv (in a haughty manner)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
He haughtily demanded the best table, even though people looked and wondered who he was.
Source: wiktionary
"I don't know what you mean," she said haughtily.
Source: wiktionary
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