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# huffily

adverb

«huffily» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

In a sulky, annoyed and offended way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/huffily/#m1)

### In the lessons

Shows a character is cross because their feelings or pride are hurt: «said huffily», «walked off huffily». Alice's creatures in Wonderland are always taking offence and answering huffily, like the Mouse and the Caterpillar.

### Examples

- «Fine, I'll play by myself,» she said huffily. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/huffily/#x1)
- The Mouse swam off huffily when Alice mentioned her cat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/huffily/#x2)
- He folded his arms huffily. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/huffily/#x3)
- The cat stalked off huffily when we laughed at it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/huffily/#x4)
- «I'm not talking to you,» said Toad huffily. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/huffily/#x5)
- She huffily slammed the door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/huffily/#x6)

### Note

Adverb from «huffy». Related: «in a huff» = in a bad mood because you feel insulted. Similar: sulkily, crossly, grumpily.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «huffily» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/huffily/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«huffily» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/huffily.html) on Mova free.