haughtily

1. 1.

   in a haughty manner

   “he peered haughtily down his nose”

Questions about haughtily

What does haughtily mean?

haughtily means "in a haughty manner".

How many syllables are in haughtily?

haughtily has 3 syllables: haugh-ti-ly. The stress falls on "haugh". In IPA it is /ˈhɔtɪli/.

Is haughtily a common word?

haughtily is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.