uppish

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They all looked to see her turn with one of her haughty, or what Alice and Janey called her uppish, independent glances upon Eva, and reject at once her appeal and offer.

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  1. adjective Informal Uppity.

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  • The chief complaint entered against her was that she was not sociable, and if you were not sociable at Mulberry Court it meant you were lofty, uppish, considered yourself better than other folks. —  Carl and the Cotton Gin
  • Then he said, "That's the trouble with all these freaks-uppish, especially the giant. —  Roy Blakely, Pathfinder
  • An' 'e sez it's the only way, cos the parsons is gettin' so uppish, an' the Pope 'as got 'old o' some o' the newspapers, so that there aint no truth told nowheres, unless a few writers o' books will take 'art o' grace an' speak out. —  The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches
  • Ain't she a little uppish, though, don't you think I guess not Red-haired girls generally is. —  Calumet "K"
  • "This fellow," said GRUBLET, "will get too uppish--I must show up his trash"; and accordingly he fulminated against his friend in the organ that he had by that time come to consider as his own. —  Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, September 24, 1892
 

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