snootilyadv.
/ˈsnuːtɪli/ In a snooty manner, superciliously.
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the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [adverb]
fastuously1654
pensily1725
with one's head in the air1788
pretentiously1848
uppishly1911
snottily1927
snootily1940
1940 ‘G. Orwell’ Let. 16 Apr. in Coll. Ess. (1968) II. 22 I get quite a lot of letters..from people snootily pointing out some mistake I've made.
1954 A. Koestler Invisible Writing iii. xix. 220 And now, when I am down, you snootily refuse to help me with my business.
1961 Guardian 29 Mar. 14/3 An old lady..remarked..rather snootily..‘It's where you were born that counts.’
1980 I. Hunter Malcolm Muggeridge ii. 36 Vidler was unimpressed by all this and replied somewhat snootily, rejecting all his arguments.
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adv.1940