uppitily

Adverb

uppitily (comparative more uppitily, superlative most uppitily)

1. (rare) In an uppity manner.
   • Barber A. M. Cash, who is one big reason—about 300 pounds, I’d say—why Charlotte lawyers are not shaggy-haired, until quite recently got a kick out of uppitily walking through the front room at home where the boys and girls were in anguish over the jig-saw puzzles. “Any time you want ’em finished...1933 May 12, T[imothy] M[aurice] Pridgen, “Leaves from a Reporter’s Note-book”, in The Charlotte News, final edition, Charlotte, N.C., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 24, column 1
   • Seething at her mistreatment of him in favor of the heartless and pretentious Yasha, Yepikhodov accuses Dunyasha of reducing him “to a complete and utter state of mind.” To which she replies uppitily, “Leave me alone; I’m busy dreaming.”1988 September 16, Carolyn Clay, “Cherry jubilee: Trinity turns 25 with Chekhov”, in Richard M. Gaines, editor, The Boston Phoenix, volume XVII, number 38, Boston, Mass.: Boston Phoenix Inc., →ISSN...