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Meaning of "huffily" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HUFFILY

huffily  [ˈhʌfɪlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HUFFILY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Huffily is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES HUFFILY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of huffily in the English dictionary

The definition of huffily in the dictionary is in a way that indicates annoyance or offence.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HUFFILY


anemophily
ˌænɪˈmɒfɪlɪ
anisophylly
ˌænaɪˈsɒfɪlɪ
aphylly
əˈfɪlɪ
beefily
ˈbiːfɪlɪ
bibliophily
ˌbɪblɪˈɒfɪlɪ
Caerphilly
kɛəˈfɪlɪ
filly
ˈfɪlɪ
fluffily
ˈflʌfɪlɪ
goofily
ɡuːfɪlɪ
gruffily
ˈɡrʌfɪlɪ
hydrophily
haɪˈdrɒfɪlɪ
monophyly
məˈnɒfɪlɪ
photophily
fəʊˈtɒfɪlɪ
puffily
ˈpʌfɪlɪ
scripophily
skrɪˈpɒfɪlɪ
scruffily
ˈskrʌfɪlɪ
sniffily
ˈsnɪfɪlɪ
snuffily
ˈsnʌfɪlɪ
stuffily
ˈstʌfɪlɪ
timbrophily
tɪmˈbrɒfɪlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HUFFILY

hudud
hue
hue and cry
hued
hueless
Huelva
huer
Huesca
huff
huffer
huffiness
huffing
huffing and puffing
huffish
huffishly
huffishness
huffkin
huffy
Hufuf
hug

WORDS THAT END LIKE HUFFILY

bodily
daily
easily
family
happily
heavily
Holy Family
lily
luckily
miffily
momentarily
necessarily
oily
primarily
readily
Sicily
spiffily
steadily
temporarily
voluntarily

Synonyms and antonyms of huffily in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «huffily» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HUFFILY

Find out the translation of huffily to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of huffily from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «huffily» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

huffily
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

de mal humor
570 millions of speakers

English

huffily
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तैश में आकर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

huffily
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

обиженно
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ofensivamente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

huffily
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

huffily
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Huffily
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

beleidigt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

huffily
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

huffily
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Huffily
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cáu kỉnh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

huffily
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संतापाने
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

huffily
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

stizzosamente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

huffily
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ображено
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

huffily
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

huffily
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

huffily
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

huffily
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

huffily
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of huffily

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HUFFILY»

The term «huffily» is normally little used and occupies the 139.948 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HUFFILY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about huffily

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HUFFILY»

Discover the use of huffily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to huffily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Ellie Belly: Cat's Out of the Bag
“What?” Cammy exclaimed, horrified. “You can't tell anyone! You promised!” “A rule is a rule! We are not allowed to break school rules,” Megan said, with a stubborn look on her face. She crossed her arms HUFFILY. “I am the Model Pupil.
Eliza Teoh, 2012
2
What Would Mary Berry Do?
Downstairs, the other Dunwoodymaletook it badly. 'Stopbeing allhuffy,' Marie told herhusband, handing himout atray of tea and gingerbiscuits at theborder, or, asthey generallycalled it,the kitchen door. 'I'm not,'said Robert huffily. 'You are, Dad ...
Claire Sandy, 2014
3
The Cocktail Hour: A Comedy
"Diana exits huffily." Oh boy, there it is. "Huffily." Jesus, John. (She gets up huffily.) BRADLEY. All right, then. (He goes to the bookcase, gets a large volume — Life's Pictured History of World War II — and takes it to a chair in the front hall where ...
Albert Ramsdell Gurney, 1989
4
Steam
HUFFILY. FOIR. POWER. AND. IMBUSTMSAIL. PlLANTS. Fusipi^lcatSosa. of. Feed. Wattes3. The following article is the twelfth of a series on water supply for power and industrial plants by Mr. Hubbard. engineers water supply be handled to ...
‎1912
5
Fleur De Leigh's Life of Crime: A Novel
huffily. “The thing is, I've met someone who likes me. She likes me enough to want to put me on TV.” “TV?” Glendora sounded as though she'd never seen one. “You can't live here, in Hollywood I mean, well ...
Diane Leslie, 2010
6
India Black in the City of Light (Novella)
huffily. “If. that's. all—”. “Dunstan,” French shouted, which startled me so I nearly dropped my Bulldog. “Are you there, man?” “Perhaps he made a run for it when the shooting started,” I suggested, rather smugly. “I'm afraid he's taken a bullet.
Carol K. Carr, 2013
7
Dangerous Kiss
"How about Julia Roberts and Michelle Pfeiffer?" "Okay, Fll give you them, only that's about it." "Can't wait to see you and Charlie together," he said. "This'U be some combination!" "If he ever bleedin' turns up," Lina said huffily. "He will," Max  ...
Jackie Collins, 2012
8
Growing Up
said Tom huffily, and walked out of the room. It seemed to Alice as if she were swept by chill wind. An awful sense of separation between her and those she loved enveloped her. Her second feeling was as though she had lost Tom forever .
Mary Heaton Vorse, 1920
9
The Ghost Army
Huffily, the air commander ordered Fiebig and Richtofen to reinforce the supply operation with forty Heinkel 1115 and a handful of Ju88s. Richtofen, furious at being upbraided, told his commander he repeatedly warned the air force was not in ...
A.V. Gallagher
10
The Playmaker
No more than five minutes later he huffily descended. “Is Master Feather in some sort of trouble?” I asked, when the recital of his clerk's obnoxious behavior came to a pause. “Just money, such as besets every gentleman from time to time.
J.B. Cheaney, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HUFFILY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term huffily is used in the context of the following news items.
1
I Was A Life Long Doubter But The Prodigy Won Me Over At Nos …
... my back on two decades of huffily dismissing one of the UK's most important, vital and downright entertaining dance acts. I was in total awe. «NME.com, Jul 15»
2
"The Bigger Theatres Still Don't Think About It," Says Asian Theatre …
"When we did The Seagull, I recall in one performance a gentleman huffily stood up in the middle of Act One and yelled, 'This is not Chekhov! «Playbill.com, Jul 15»
3
My Evolving Identity
Influenced by the newly emerging feminist movement, she declined to take Mr. Dardess's last name, saying huffily to herself: “I'll be damned if ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
4
Tangerine review: LA women
“It's a pussy,” she tells him, perplexed, at which point he huffily explains that she's standing on the wrong corner for that kind of thing — it's a ... «National Post, Jul 15»
5
Texas Republicans, Defiant as Always: Why the GOP isn't listening …
Huffily, she wrote, "Hmmm. All the reporters seem to be busy this morning. With other newsworthy stories. Hope I'm not disturbing. #mybad. «Austin Chronicle, Jul 15»
6
Robyn Lee: The highs (and lows) of life in Swansea
I huffily said no and off he went. When he returned I asked him what he'd bought and he replied the usual random list of 'tea' items. No cake or ... «South Wales Evening Post, Jul 15»
7
#NPRreads: The 'Grexit' And Fleeing The Rwandan Genocide
"One important branch of this phenomenon was guests huffily bringing up every disadvantaged group of white people under the sun — the Irish ... «NET Website, Jul 15»
8
Remembrances of Ben J. Wattenberg, 1933-2015
... the floor over to Richard Barnet of the IPS, who began rather huffily saying, “at the risk of adding to your long list of silly ideas, let me suggest . «American Enterprise Institute, Jul 15»
9
5 Things We Learned from Clinton's Latest Email Dump
“This is the second time this has happened,” she wrote huffily. “What's up???” The fresh cache of emails are part of more than 55,000 pages of ... «The Fiscal Times, Jul 15»
10
Fiona Shaw: 'Operas are more interesting than plays'
Yet because Britten subsequently fell out with the management and huffily established his own festival at Aldeburgh, it would have to wait ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»

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