adj. haughty; overbearing

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adj. arrogant, proud, haughty; uppish, supercilious

v. become proud

(adj.) = haughty ; hoity-toity ; supercilious ; uppity ; uppish.
Ex: The only blot on his escutcheon is, that after his great success he grew to be haughty and insolent in his demands.
Ex: Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.
Ex: A commenter took me to task for being supercilious and said it was inconsistent with my religion.
Ex: He'd been popular earlier on but was now on thin ice with most members of our class due to his pretension and uppity manner.
Ex: He had always delighted in ridiculing me by his uppish disobedience, especially in public places.
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* de modo altivo = superciliously ; haughtily.