Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a swaggering manner; arrogantly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb rare Blusteringly; arrogantly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective In a
huffing manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Saint-Fargeau is plain Michel Lepelletier; and Mirabeau soon after has to say huffingly, "With your Riquetti you have set Europe at cross-purposes for three days."
The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838
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This is that which makes them look scornfully, speak ruggedly, and carry it huffingly among their neighbours.
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 John Bunyan 1658
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Her boyfriend is such a dickwad, though; I hope nobody ever has sex with him, his penis rots and falls off, vibrators will start turning off in the 3-mile radius of his residence out of sheer disgust, and even goats will huffingly flee.
Planet Atheism sendaianonymous 2010
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Her boyfriend is such a dickwad, though; I hope nobody ever has sex with him, his penis rots and falls off, vibrators will start turning off in the 3-mile radius of his residence out of sheer disgust, and even goats will huffingly flee. trophy girlfriend went offline! did a meteor hit warsaw?
Planet Atheism sendaianonymous 2010
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I can’t resist weighing in once more, but will try to do so less at length & with luck less huffingly.
Robert Hartwell Fiske strikes me as a prig and a bully « Motivated Grammar 2009
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