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 he wrote in an unpublished memoir.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

But Shiv doesn't have enough strategic acumen to redirect the conversation or cover for her knowledge gaps, so she haughtily replies, "Uh, yeah. Remind me what happens."

From Salon • Oct. 17, 2021

He stuck his little finger out from his glass and haughtily twisted his mustache.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers