haughtily

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Time's Stephanie Zacharek was less keen on her performance, however, saying Jolie "plays her subject as haughtily cool and deeply insecure, but captures none of her imperious charisma".

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2024

“Somewhat haughtily, she said to me, ‘Young man, how dare you tell me how to run my newspaper!’” he wrote in an unpublished memoir.

From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2023

“I’m gonna fight my battle, and I’m gonna deliver,” he said haughtily, wearing his signature blue blazer and shades.

From Slate • May 16, 2023

An authority on all matters of the past, he haughtily provides context on everything from pandemics to police brutality — and insists that White Walkers and Ewoks are real.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2020

“We don’t intend to be insulted by a coarse vendor,” a spokeswoman for the band of large hats said haughtily.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole