All 5 Uses of
haughty
in
Howards End
- "Do you imply that we Germans are stupid, Uncle Ernst?" exclaimed a haughty and magnificent nephew.†
Part 4haughty = arrogant
- As the haughty nephew did not follow, he continued, "You only care about the things that you can use, and therefore arrange them in the following order: Money, supremely useful; intellect, rather useful; imagination, of no use at all.†
Part 4
- To all this Margaret listened, sitting on the haughty nephew's knee.†
Part 4
- The haughty nephew ... convinced that Germany was appointed by God to govern the world.
Part 4 *haughty = arrogant or condescending
- The haughty nephew would be at Wickham Place one day, bringing with him an even haughtier wife, both convinced that Germany was appointed by God to govern the world.†
Part 4
Definition:
arrogant or condescending (acting superior or self-important)