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Definition
arrogant or condescending (acting superior or self-important)
- Scanning them together (not haughtily, as the choosing and lofty male, but anxiously) he was more irritated than ever by Madeline.Chapter 6 (84% in)
- At the back, haughty in white uniform, nonchalant on a narrow seat, was The Doctor—Martin Arrowsmith.Chapter 11 (9% in)
- His haughty self was like a robber baron fallen into the hands of rebellious slaves, stooped under a filthy load, the proud eye rheumy and patient with despair, the sword hand chopped off, obscene flies crawling across the gnawed wrist.Chapter 12 (91% in)
There are no more uses of "haughty" in Arrowsmith.
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