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Definition of Huffily
1. Adverb. In a huffy manner. "`Don't bother to call me back,' he said huffily"
Definition of Huffily
1. Adverb. In a huffy manner ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Huffily
1. huffy [adv] - See also: huffy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Huffily
Literary usage of Huffily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Illustrated Magazine (1895)
"(G. huffily go- ; to further chair.) What a delightful time he will have of it !
... (Exit G. huffily.) Well ! here 's a nice state of things ! ..."
2. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1884)
"'Better go and look under the seat in the stern- sheets before you-make any more
faces,' I answered, huffily. I suppose he thought at first I wanted to get ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1894)
"... together," he »aid huffily, while She re-called every word she had spoken to
him, to make sure that she had not allowed her tongue to run away with her. ..."
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